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GENUS CEBUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Cebidae

Synonyms:

Cebus; genus Cebus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Cebus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cebus"):

capuchin; Cebus capucinus; ringtail (monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl)

Holonyms ("genus Cebus" is a member of...):

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

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