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Noun: New World monkey
  1. Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
    "The New World monkey used its prehensile tail to grab fruit";
    - platyrrhine, platyrrhinian

Derived forms: New World monkeys

Type of: monkey

Part of: Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini

Encyclopedia: New World monkey