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CEBIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cebidae mean? 

CEBIDAE (noun)
  The noun CEBIDAE has 1 sense:

1. all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarinsplay

  Familiarity information: CEBIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEBIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cebidae; family Cebidae

Hypernyms ("Cebidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)


 Context examples 


This group is divided into Old World monkeys (Cercopithecidae) and New World monkeys (Callitrichidae and Cebidae).

(Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)



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