diana monkey

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diana monkey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diana \Di*a"na\, n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.)
     The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who
     presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified
     with the Greek goddess Artemis.
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           And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. --Pope.
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     Diana monkey (Zool.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of
        West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).
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