singe du vieux monde

Definitions of singe du vieux monde
  1. noun
    of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together
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    cercopithèque
    small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face
    babouin
    large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
    macaque
    short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
    mandrill
    baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
    mandrille
    similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
    rhésus
    of southern Asia; used in medical research
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    singe
    any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
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