Library / English Dictionary

ATELES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Spider monkeys

Synonyms:

Ateles; genus Ateles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ateles"):

Ateles geoffroyi; spider monkey (arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail)

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

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

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