New World monkey

noun

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

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Meanings

nounNew World monkey (plural New World monkeys)

plural New World monkeys

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails

Similar
platyrrhineplatyrrhinian
Broader
monkey
Also see
platyrrhine

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bengali নয়া জাহান বান্দর
  • নয়া জাহান বান্দর (noẏa jahan bandor)families of primates found in Central and South America
Chinese Mandarin 新世界猴
  • 新世界猴 (xīn shìjiè hóu)families of primates found in Central and South America
Finnish kierteishäntäapina
  • kierteishäntäapinafamilies of primates found in Central and South America
French singe du Nouveau Monde
  • singe du Nouveau Mondefamilies of primates found in Central and South America
German Neuweltaffe, Breitnasenaffe
  • Neuweltaffefamilies of primates found in Central and South America
  • Breitnasenaffefamilies of primates found in Central and South America
Hindi नवजगत बंदर
  • नवजगत बंदर (navjagat bandar)families of primates found in Central and South America
Japanese 新世界ザル
  • 新世界ザル (shinsekaizaru)families of primates found in Central and South America
Polish małpa szerokonosa
  • małpa szerokonosafamilies of primates found in Central and South America
Russian широко́носая обезья́на, обезья́на Но́вого Све́та
  • широко́носая обезья́на (širokónosaja obezʹjána)families of primates found in Central and South America
  • обезья́на Но́вого Све́та (obezʹjána Nóvovo Svéta)families of primates found in Central and South America
Cite this entry
APA

New World monkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World%20monkey

MLA

“New World monkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World%20monkey. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New World monkey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20World%20monkey.

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