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• monkey — [n] primate anthropoid, ape, baboon, chimpanzee, gorilla, imp, lemur, monk, orangutan, rascal, scamp, simian; concept 394 monkey [v] fiddle, tamper with busybody, butt in*, fool, fool around*, fool with*, horn in*, interfere, interlope,… …   New thesaurus

• monkey — monkeyish, adj. monkeyishly, adv. monkeyishness, n. /mung kee/, n., pl. monkeys, v., monkeyed, monkeying. n. 1. any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes,… …   Universalium

• monkey — I. /ˈmʌŋki / (say mungkee) noun (plural monkeys) 1. any member of the mammalian order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, capuchins, etc., but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and the lemurs. 2. a person likened to such an… …  

• monkey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. simian, primate, ape; imitator, mimic. See animal, imitation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. primate, lemur, anthropoid ape; see animal 2 . Types of monkeys include: marmoset, tamarin; capuchin, squirrel,… …   English dictionary for students

• anthropoid apes — Ape Ape ([=a]p), n. [AS. apa; akin to D. aap, OHG. affo, G. affe, Icel. api, Sw. apa, Dan. abe, W. epa.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family {Simiad[ae]}, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Old World monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward or downward directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a… …   Universalium

• Mind monkey — Mahāyāna Buddhism …   Wikipedia

• Hamlyn's monkey — Hamlyn s monkey[1] Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Hamlyn's Monkey — Taxobox name = Hamlyn s MonkeyMSW3 Groves|pages=156] status = VU status ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Primate Specialist Group|year=1996|id=4219|title=Cercopithecus hamlyni|downloaded=09 July 2006] status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum =… …   Wikipedia

• New World monkey — noun hairy faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails • Syn: ↑platyrrhine, ↑platyrrhinian • Derivationally related forms: ↑platyrrhinian (for: ↑platyrrhine), ↑platyrhinian ( …   Useful english dictionary

• New World monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including… …   Universalium