cercopithecoid

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Definitions of cercopithecoid word

adjective cercopithecoid of, relating to, or belonging to the primate superfamily Cercopithecoidea (Old World monkeys) 3
noun cercopithecoid an Old World monkey 3
noun cercopithecoid (zoology) Any species of the superfamily Cercopithecoidea (the Old World monkeys). 1

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hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
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anthropoid — resembling man

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