SAIMIRI SCIUREUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle

Synonyms:

Saimiri sciureus; squirrel monkey

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Saimiri sciureus" is a kind of...):

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

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