Phrase guide

Old World monkey

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cercopithecid

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catarrhine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: monkey

Narrower terms: guenon, guenon monkey, mangabey, patas, hussar monkey, Erythrocebus patas, baboon, macaque, langur, colobus, colobus monkey, proboscis monkey, Nasalis larvatus

History

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 舊世界猴 /旧世界猴 (jiù shìjiè hóu) — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • Finnish: vanhan maailman häntäapina — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • Finnish: häntäapina — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • French: singe de l'Ancien Monde — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • German: Altweltaffe — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • German: Schmalnasenaffe — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • Hindi: पूर्वजगत बंदर (pūrvjagat bandar) — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • Japanese: 旧世界ザル (kyūsekaizaru) — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae
  • Polish: małpa wąskonosa — primates falling in the family Cercopithecidae