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GENUS ERYTHROCEBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erythrocebus mean? 

GENUS ERYTHROCEBUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ERYTHROCEBUS has 1 sense:

1. patasplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ERYTHROCEBUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ERYTHROCEBUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Patas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Erythrocebus; genus Erythrocebus

Hypernyms ("genus Erythrocebus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Erythrocebus"):

Erythrocebus patas; hussar monkey; patas (reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Erythrocebus" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)


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