AOTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aotus mean? 

• AOTUS (noun)
  The noun AOTUS has 1 sense:

1. douroucoulis

  Familiarity information: AOTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AOTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Douroucoulis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aotus; genus Aotus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Aotus"):

Aotus trivirgatus; douroucouli (nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur)

Holonyms ("Aotus" is a member of...):

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