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    PLATYRRHINI

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarinplay

    Synonyms:

    Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

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

    Anthropoidea; suborder Anthropoidea (monkeys; apes; hominids)

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