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ATELES GEOFFROYI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ateles geoffroyi mean?
• ATELES GEOFFROYI (noun)
The noun ATELES GEOFFROYI has 1 sense:
1. arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
Familiarity information: ATELES GEOFFROYI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ateles geoffroyi; spider monkey
Hypernyms ("Ateles geoffroyi" is a kind of...):
New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)
Holonyms ("Ateles geoffroyi" is a member of...):
Ateles; genus Ateles (spider monkeys)
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