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Man"ga*bey (?), n. [So called by Buffon
from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed
them be native.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several African
monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C.
fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written
mangaby.]

Man"gan (?), n. See
Mangonel.

Man"ga*nate (?), n. [Cf. F.
manganate.] (Chem.) A salt of manganic
acid.

&fist; The manganates are usually green, and are well-known
compounds, though derived from a hypothetical acid.

Man`ga*ne"sate (?), n. (Chem.)
A manganate. [Obs.]

Man`ga*nese" (?), n. [F.
manganèse, It. manganese, sasso magnesio;
prob. corrupted from L. magnes, because of its resemblance to
the magnet. See Magnet, and cf. Magnesia.]
(Chem.) An element obtained by reduction of its oxide, as
a hard, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty, but easily
oxidized.


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