CEBUS CAPUCINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cebus capucinus mean? 

• CEBUS CAPUCINUS (noun)
  The noun CEBUS CAPUCINUS has 1 sense:

1. monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl

  Familiarity information: CEBUS CAPUCINUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEBUS CAPUCINUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

capuchin; Cebus capucinus; ringtail

Hypernyms ("Cebus capucinus" is a kind of...):

New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)

Holonyms ("Cebus capucinus" is a member of...):

Cebus; genus Cebus (type genus of the Cebidae)