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SQUIRREL MONKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squirrel monkey mean?
• SQUIRREL MONKEY (noun)
The noun SQUIRREL MONKEY has 1 sense:
1. small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle
Familiarity information: SQUIRREL MONKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Saimiri sciureus; squirrel monkey
Hypernyms ("squirrel monkey" is a kind of...):
New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)
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