new world monkey
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1. hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | monkey, |
| definition | : | any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | marmoset, |
| definition | : | small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | capuchin, cebus capucinus, ringtail, |
| definition | : | monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aotus trivirgatus, douroucouli, |
| definition | : | nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | howler, howler monkey, |
| definition | : | monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | saki, |
| definition | : | small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | uakari, |
| definition | : | medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | titi, titi monkey, |
| definition | : | small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ateles geoffroyi, spider monkey, |
| definition | : | arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey, |
| definition | : | small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | woolly monkey, |
| definition | : | large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | platyrrhini, superfamily platyrrhini, |
| definition | : | New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin (noun.animal) |
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