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cercopithecid

cercopithecid noun: any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.

cercopithecid: any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys
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Noun

cercopithecid (plural cercopithecids)

  1. Any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
    • In the rhesus monkey, proboscis monkey, and gibbon, representatives of cercopithecids and hylobatids, respectively, neonatal cranial dimensions approach the corresponding pelvic inlet dimensions, however, without exceeding them.1982, Este Armstrong, Primate Brain Evolution: Methods and Concepts, page 90
    • More importantly, perhaps, is the observation that cercopithecids are significantly under-represented in the lowermost horizons of the Upper Laetolil Beds below Tuff 5.2011, Terry Harrison, Chapter 6: Cercopithecids (Cercopithecidae, Primates), Terry Harrison (editor), Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context, Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and...

Forms of cercopithecid

pluralcercopithecids

Questions about cercopithecid

What does cercopithecid mean?
Cercopithecid means any species of the family Cercopithecidae, the Old World monkeys.
What part of speech is cercopithecid?
Cercopithecid is a noun.
What is the plural of cercopithecid?
The plural of cercopithecid is cercopithecids.

Words near cercopithecid in the dictionary

  1. Cercone
  2. Cercones
  3. cercopid
  4. cercopids
  5. cercopitecoid
  6. cercopithecid
  7. cercopithecids
  8. cercopithecin
  9. cercopithecine
  10. cercopithecines
  11. cercopithecins

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