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Definition of Old World monkey
1. Noun. Of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together.
Group relationships: Cercopithecidae, Family Cercopithecidae
Generic synonyms: Monkey
Specialized synonyms: Guenon, Guenon Monkey, Mangabey, Erythrocebus Patas, Hussar Monkey, Patas, Baboon, Macaque, Langur, Colobus, Colobus Monkey, Nasalis Larvatus, Proboscis Monkey
Derivative terms: Catarrhinian
Definition of Old World monkey
1. Noun. A group of primates, falling in the superfamily ''Cercopithecoidea'' in the clade ''Catarrhini''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old World Monkey
Literary usage of Old World monkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-history of Our Planet by William Dickey Gunning (1876)
"S, Old World monkey. Monkey« of the New World are characterized hy wide nostrils
and round head. ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"This branch point has been chosen as reference because the Old World monkey group
is close to man phylogenetically, and it is the only group other than man ..."
3. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"... the lateral opening is more decided than in any old-world monkey whatever,
but there are exceptions. These are certain species of the genus Ateles, ..."
4. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"... the lateral opening is more decided than in any old-world monkey whatever,
but there are exceptions. These are certain species of the genus Ateles, ..."
5. Annual Record of Science and Industry by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1872)
"... consequently, man must be considered as an offshoot from the Old-World monkey-stem.
It is not, however, to be inferred, according to our author, ..."
6. Evolution and Animal Life: An Elementary Discussion of Facts, Processes by David Starr Jordan, Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1907)
"... that the anthropoids should have sprung from an Old-World monkey stock, and
that the Old-World monkeys in turn are derived from the lemurs. ..."
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