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FAMILY CERCOPITHECIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
Synonyms:
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cercopithecidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Cercopithecidae"):
catarrhine; Old World monkey (of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together)
Cercopithecus; genus Cercopithecus (type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons)
Cercocebus; genus Cercocebus (mangabeys)
Erythrocebus; genus Erythrocebus (patas)
genus Papio; Papio; genus Mandrillus; Mandrillus (baboons)
genus Macaca; Macaca (macaques; rhesus monkeys)
genus Presbytes; mammal Semnopithecus; Presbytes (langurs)
genus Colobus (a genus of Cercopithecidae)
genus Nasalis; Nasalis (proboscis monkeys)
Holonyms ("family Cercopithecidae" is a member of...):
Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)