The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Any of several long-tailed terrestrial monkeys of the genus Erythrocebus of western Africa that are closely related to the guenons, especially E. patas, which has reddish fur and a black nose.
n. Erythrocebus patas, a ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey found in West and East Africa
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A West African long-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ruber); the red monkey.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The red monkey of western Africa, Cercopithecus patas or C. ruber.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa
Word Usage
""The Victoria and Albert Museum has a large collection of 'patas' - the bulk of which was purchased by John Lockwood Kipling, father of novelist Rudyard Kipling, from Kolkata."