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ATELES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ateles mean?
• ATELES (noun)
The noun ATELES has 1 sense:
1. spider monkeys
Familiarity information: ATELES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spider monkeys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ateles; genus Ateles
Hypernyms ("Ateles" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Ateles"):
Ateles geoffroyi; spider monkey (arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail)
Holonyms ("Ateles" is a member of...):
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
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