Meanings
nounOld World monkey (plural Old World monkeys)
plural Old World monkeys
- Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae.
Synonyms: cercopithecid
- A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny primate of the family Cercopithecidae.
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nounof Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 舊世界猴 /旧世界猴
- 舊世界猴 /旧世界猴 (jiù shìjiè hóu)primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
Finnish vanhan maailman häntäapina, häntäapina
- vanhan maailman häntäapinaprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
- häntäapinaprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
French singe de l'Ancien Monde
- singe de l'Ancien Mondeprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
German Altweltaffe, Schmalnasenaffe
- Altweltaffeprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
- Schmalnasenaffeprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
Hindi पूर्वजगत बंदर
- पूर्वजगत बंदर (pūrvjagat bandar)primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
Japanese 旧世界ザル
- 旧世界ザル (kyūsekaizaru)primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
Polish małpa wąskonosa
- małpa wąskonosaprimates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
Cite this entry
APA
Old World monkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20World%20monkey
MLA
“Old World monkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20World%20monkey. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old World monkey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20World%20monkey.
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