SUPERFAMILY PLATYRRHINI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superfamily Platyrrhini mean? 

• SUPERFAMILY PLATYRRHINI (noun)
  The noun SUPERFAMILY 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: SUPERFAMILY PLATYRRHINI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERFAMILY PLATYRRHINI (noun)

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 ("superfamily Platyrrhini" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "superfamily 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 ("superfamily Platyrrhini" is a member of...):

Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)