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    FAMILY CEBIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarinsplay

    Synonyms:

    Cebidae; family Cebidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Cebidae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Cebidae"):

    Cebus; genus Cebus (type genus of the Cebidae)

    Aotus; genus Aotus (douroucoulis)

    Alouatta; genus Alouatta (howler monkeys)

    genus Pithecia; Pithecia (sakis)

    Cacajao; genus Cacajao (uakaris)

    Callicebus; genus Callicebus (titis)

    Ateles; genus Ateles (spider monkeys)

    genus Saimiri; Saimiri (squirrel monkeys)

    genus Lagothrix; Lagothrix (woolly monkeys)

    Holonyms ("family Cebidae" is a member of...):

    Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini (New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin)

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