SPIDER MONKEY

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Meaning:

Arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail

Synonyms:

Ateles geoffroyi; spider monkey

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spider monkey" is a kind of...):

New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)

Holonyms ("spider monkey" is a member of...):

Ateles; genus Ateles (spider monkeys)

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