New World monkey

English

Noun

New World monkey (plural New World monkeys)

1. Any monkey from any of the five families of primates that are found in Central America and South America: the Callitrichidae, the Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae.

   Coordinate term: Old World monkey

Hypernyms

• (any from the five families of primates): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder

Translations

families of primates found in Central and South America

• Bengali: নয়া জাহান বান্দর (noẏa jahan bandor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新世界猴 (xīn shìjiè hóu)

• Finnish: kierteishäntäapina
• French: singe du Nouveau Monde (fr) m
• German: Neuweltaffe (de) m, Breitnasenaffe (de) m
• Japanese: 新世界ザル (shinsekaizaru)

Further reading

• New World monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia