Old World monkey

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Old World monkey (plural Old World monkeys)

  1. Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae.
    Synonym: cercopithecid
  2. A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.
    Coordinate term: New World monkey

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