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GENUS CACAJAO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cacajao mean?
• GENUS CACAJAO (noun)
The noun GENUS CACAJAO has 1 sense:
1. uakaris
Familiarity information: GENUS CACAJAO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Uakaris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cacajao; genus Cacajao
Hypernyms ("genus Cacajao" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cacajao"):
uakari (medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail)
Holonyms ("genus Cacajao" is a member of...):
Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)
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