bleeding-heart monkey
English
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Bleeding-heart monkey (Theropithecus pavian)
Etymology
From bleeding-heart + monkey, so named for the bright red patches of skin on the breast.
Noun
bleeding-heart monkey (plural bleeding-heart monkeys)
- (zoology) Synonym of gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Theropithecus pavian)