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GENUS SAIMIRI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Saimiri mean?
• GENUS SAIMIRI (noun)
The noun GENUS SAIMIRI has 1 sense:
1. squirrel monkeys
Familiarity information: GENUS SAIMIRI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Squirrel monkeys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Saimiri; Saimiri
Hypernyms ("genus Saimiri" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Saimiri" is a member of...):
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
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