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FAMILY CEBIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
Synonyms:
Cebidae; family Cebidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cebidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Cebidae"):
Cebus; genus Cebus (type genus of the Cebidae)
Aotus; genus Aotus (douroucoulis)
Alouatta; genus Alouatta (howler monkeys)
genus Pithecia; Pithecia (sakis)
Cacajao; genus Cacajao (uakaris)
Callicebus; genus Callicebus (titis)
Ateles; genus Ateles (spider monkeys)
genus Saimiri; Saimiri (squirrel monkeys)
genus Lagothrix; Lagothrix (woolly monkeys)
Holonyms ("family Cebidae" is a member of...):
Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini (New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin)
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