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SPIDER MONKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spider monkey mean?
• SPIDER MONKEY (noun)
The noun SPIDER MONKEY has 1 sense:
1. arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
Familiarity information: SPIDER MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ateles geoffroyi; spider monkey
Hypernyms ("spider monkey" is a kind of...):
New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)
Holonyms ("spider monkey" is a member of...):
Ateles; genus Ateles (spider monkeys)
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