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PLATYRRHINI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Platyrrhini mean?
• PLATYRRHINI (noun)
The noun PLATYRRHINI has 1 sense:
1. New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
Familiarity information: PLATYRRHINI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini
Hypernyms ("Platyrrhini" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Platyrrhini"):
New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)
Callithricidae; family Callithricidae (marmosets)
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
Holonyms ("Platyrrhini" is a member of...):
Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)
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