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CEBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cebus mean?
• CEBUS (noun)
The noun CEBUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cebidae
Familiarity information: CEBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cebidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cebus; genus Cebus
Hypernyms ("Cebus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Cebus"):
capuchin; Cebus capucinus; ringtail (monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl)
Holonyms ("Cebus" is a member of...):
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
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