family Cercopithecidae

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A group of monkeys from Africa and Asia, like baboons and macaques

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: familia Cercopithecidae

The family Cercopithecidae includes baboons, macaques, and other Old World monkeys found in Africa and Asia.

Examples

Members of the family Cercopithecidae are distinguished from New World monkeys by their downward-facing nostrils.
Scientists studied the behavior of several species within the family Cercopithecidae to understand primate evolution.
The family Cercopithecidae includes many fascinating species.
Did you know that the family Cercopithecidae consists of various monkeys?
The family Cercopithecidae includes baboons, macaques, and other Old World monkeys found in Africa and Asia.
Members of the family Cercopithecidae are distinguished from New World monkeys by their downward-facing nostrils.
Scientists studied the behavior of several species within the family Cercopithecidae to understand primate evolution.

Synonyms

Cercopithecidae

vsfamily Cercopithecidae

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A family of monkeys from Africa and Asia including baboons and macaques

means the same but shows many specific species as examples

Surface Forms

family Cercopithecidae singular

families Cercopithecidae plural

Morphology

family + Cercopithecidae

The phrase is directly compositional: 'family' as a taxonomic rank combined with the proper-name 'Cercopithecidae' yields 'the family named Cercopithecidae (a group of Old World monkeys)'. This follows standard scientific naming patterns found across languages, so a learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Family Cercopithecidae comes from ancient Greek words kerkos and pithekos, where kerkos means 'tail' and pithekos means 'monkey'. So the name shows this family is the group of Old World monkeys in Africa and Asia that usually have tails.