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  • 81Platyrrhini — noun New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin • Syn: ↑superfamily Platyrrhini • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 82Pongidae — noun usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons • Syn: ↑family Pongidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea …

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  • 83Primates — noun an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑order Primates • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Eutheria, ↑subclass Eutheria …

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  • 84superfamily Hominoidea — noun anthropoid apes and human beings • Syn: ↑Hominoidea • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthropoidea, ↑suborder Anthropoidea • Member Meronyms: ↑ …

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  • 85superfamily Platyrrhini — noun New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin • Syn: ↑Platyrrhini • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 86anthropoid — noun Etymology: Greek anthrōpoeidēs resembling a human, from anthrōpos Date: 1832 1. any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (as macaques and marmosets); especially ape 1b 2. a person resembling an ape < the howling anthropoids of the …

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  • 87simian — I. adjective Etymology: Latin simia ape, from simus snub nosed, from Greek simos Date: 1607 of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes II. noun Date: 1880 monkey, ape; also any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of primates that includes monkeys,&#8230; …

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  • 88Обезьяны — (Simia, или Anthropoidea)         подотряд млекопитающих отряда приматов (См. Приматы). Подразделяется на 2 группы: широконосые, или американские, О., или О. Нового Света (Ceboidea), включающие 1 одноимённое надсемейство с 2 семействами&#8230; …

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  • 89ОТРЯД ПРИМАТЫ (PRIMATES) —          Из всех млекопитающих приматы (обезьяны и полуобезьяны) отличаются, пожалуй, наибольшим разнообразием и богатством форм. Но, несмотря на внешние различия, их объединяют многие общие черты строения тела, которые выработались в процессе&#8230; …

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  • 90Linnaean taxonomy — is a method of classifying living things, originally devised by (and named for) Carolus Linnaeus, although it has changed considerably since his time. The greatest innovation of Linnaeus, and still the most important aspect of this system, is the …

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