Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Grivet

Grivet (griv"et) , noun

[Compare French grivet.]

(Zoology) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota.