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Noun: Old World monkey
  1. Of Africa, Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
    - catarrhine

Derived forms: Old World monkeys

Type of: monkey

Part of: Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae

Encyclopedia: Old World monkey