New World monkey
Any monkey from any of the superfamily Ceboidea: five families of primates that are…Any monkey from any of the superfamily Ceboidea: five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
Meaning
1 sensesAny monkey from any of the superfamily Ceboidea: five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.
Neuweltaffe, Breitnasenaffe
широко́носая обезья́наširokónosaja obezʹjána, обезья́на Но́вого Све́таobezʹjána Nóvovo Svéta
- hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
Examples
1 sentencesMany New World monkeys have prehensile tails.
Translations
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Forms
plural: New World monkeys| Singular | New World monkey |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails:platyrrhineplatyrrhinian
See also
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