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PRESBYTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Presbytes mean?
• PRESBYTES (noun)
The noun PRESBYTES has 1 sense:
1. langurs
Familiarity information: PRESBYTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Langurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Presbytes; mammal Semnopithecus; Presbytes
Hypernyms ("Presbytes" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Presbytes"):
langur (slender long-tailed monkey of Asia)
Holonyms ("Presbytes" 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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