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SQUIRREL MONKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squirrel monkey mean? 

SQUIRREL MONKEY (noun)
  The noun SQUIRREL MONKEY has 1 sense:

1. small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzleplay

  Familiarity information: SQUIRREL MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SQUIRREL MONKEY (noun)


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Meaning:

Small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Saimiri sciureus; squirrel monkey

Hypernyms ("squirrel monkey" is a kind of...):

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


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