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cercopithecine

cercopithecine noun: any member of the taxonomic subfamily Cercopithecinae: various Old World baboons, monkeys and macaques.

Noun

cercopithecine (plural cercopithecines)

  1. Any member of the taxonomic subfamily Cercopithecinae: various Old World baboons, monkeys and macaques.

Forms of cercopithecine

pluralcercopithecines

Questions about cercopithecine

What does cercopithecine mean?
Cercopithecine means any member of the taxonomic subfamily Cercopithecinae: various Old World baboons, monkeys and macaques.
What part of speech is cercopithecine?
Cercopithecine is a noun.
What is the plural of cercopithecine?
The plural of cercopithecine is cercopithecines.

Words near cercopithecine in the dictionary

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

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