Hypernym

noun

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

Member_meronym

noun

Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey

catarrhine 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together

Synonyms

Old World monkey 1
of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together

Derivationally related form

adjective

of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward

Hyponym

noun

small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face

noun

large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids

noun

reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa

noun

large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

noun

short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa

Member_holonym

noun

Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey