| 单词 | owl monkey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasowl monkey owl monkey n. = night monkey n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Aotus (night-monkey) douroucouli1821 night-ape1863 owl-faced monkey1863 night monkey1877 owl monkey1877 1877 Cassell's Nat. Hist. I. 188 The Owl Monkeys... The name given to these monkeys conveys their habit of sleeping by day, waking up in the evening, and leading a very restless life during the greater part of the night. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo iv. 58 The douroucouli, owl monkey, or night monkey, of which we have had three species, is the only one of the family that is nocturnal. 1987 Nature 16 Apr. 639/3 Owl monkeys owe their name to the fact that, as an adaptation for vision in dim light conditions, the eyes have become secondarily enlarged. < as lemmas |
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