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Old World Monkey

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Noun

1. catarrhine, old world monkey

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

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Old World Monkey

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noun
any monkey of the family Cercopithecidae, including macaques, baboons, and mandrills. They are more closely related to anthropoid apes than are the New World monkeys, having nostrils that are close together and nonprehensile tails
Compare New World monkey

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