SAIMIRI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saimiri mean? 

• SAIMIRI (noun)
  The noun SAIMIRI has 1 sense:

1. squirrel monkeys

  Familiarity information: SAIMIRI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAIMIRI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Squirrel monkeys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Saimiri; Saimiri

Hypernyms ("Saimiri" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Holonyms ("Saimiri" is a member of...):

Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)

 Context examples 

IL-17 is homologous to an open reading frame found in Herpesvirus saimiri.

(Interleukin-17, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

IL17 has sequence similarity to the herpesvirus saimiri immediate early gene 13 protein.

(Interleukin-17, NCI Thesaurus)