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ceboid

ceboid adjective: of or relating to any member of the superfamily (Ceboidea) of monkeys, believed to have evolved from prosimians isolated in South America, and including the marmosets, capuchins, tamarins, sapajous, and spider monkeys.

Adjective

ceboid (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to any member of the superfamily (Ceboidea) of monkeys, believed to have evolved from prosimians isolated in South America, and including the marmosets, capuchins, tamarins, sapajous, and spider monkeys.

Noun

ceboid (plural ceboids)

  1. Any member of this superfamily.

Forms of ceboid

pluralceboids

Questions about ceboid

What does ceboid mean?
Ceboid means of or relating to any member of the superfamily (Ceboidea) of monkeys, believed to have evolved from prosimians isolated in South America, and including the marmosets, capuchins, tamarins, sapajous, and spider monkeys.
What part of speech is ceboid?
Ceboid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ceboid in the dictionary

  1. CEBL
  2. cebocephalic
  3. cebocephaly
  4. cebochoerid
  5. cebochoerids
  6. ceboid
  7. ceboids
  8. cebollite
  9. Ceboneg
  10. CEBPB
  11. Cebreros

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