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GENUS NASALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nasalis mean?
• GENUS NASALIS (noun)
The noun GENUS NASALIS has 1 sense:
1. proboscis monkeys
Familiarity information: GENUS NASALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Proboscis monkeys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nasalis; Nasalis
Hypernyms ("genus Nasalis" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Nasalis" is a member of...):
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)
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