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Definition of Cacajao
1. Noun. Uakaris.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cebidae, Family Cebidae
Member holonyms: Uakari
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacajao
Literary usage of Cacajao
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1827)
"... is proper to the young Capuchin. It measures about two feet nine inches from
the top of the head to the extremity of the tail. The cacajao, (Simia ..."
2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"It has since been proved, however, that with regard to the cacajao, nature alone
is responsible for the seemingly imperfect character of the tail, ..."
3. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"Indeed, among the many names which have been given to the cacajao, one of them, "
Mono Rabon," or short-tailed Mono, refers to this peculiarity. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"Since Brachyurus Spix, 1823, is preoccupied by Brachyurus Fischer, 1813, a group
of field mice, the genas becomes cacajao Lesson, 1840, and subgenus A, ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"cacajao roosevelti sp.Jnov. Type, No. 36906, ö" ad., Baron Melgaço, Matto Grosso,
head of the Rio Gy- Paraná, March, 4, 1914; Leo E. Miller, ..."
6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"All kinds of fruit are acceptable to the voracious cacajao, which is a weak, very
inactive, mild-tempered, and timid animal. It even shrank from aomo of the ..."
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