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cercopithecids

cercopithecids is the plural of cercopithecid.

Meaning of cercopithecid

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

Questions about cercopithecids

What is cercopithecids the plural of?
Cercopithecids is the plural of cercopithecid.

Words near cercopithecids in the dictionary

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

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