Akademik

Ateles

noun

spider monkeys

• Syn: ↑genus Ateles

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cebidae, ↑family Cebidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑spider monkey, ↑Ateles geoffroyi

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\\ˈad.^əlˌēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek atelēs; from the absence or rudimentary development of the thumb

: a genus comprising the spider monkeys

Useful english dictionary. 2012.