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GENUS CERCOCEBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cercocebus mean?
• GENUS CERCOCEBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CERCOCEBUS has 1 sense:
1. mangabeys
Familiarity information: GENUS CERCOCEBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mangabeys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cercocebus; genus Cercocebus
Hypernyms ("genus Cercocebus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cercocebus"):
mangabey (large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids)
Holonyms ("genus Cercocebus" 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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