单词 | squirrel monkey |
释义 | squirrel monkeynouneither of two small, long-tailed monkeys, Saimiri oerstedii of Central America and S. sciureus of South America, having a small white face with black muzzle and gold, brown, or greenish fur: S. oerstedii is endangered. Origin of squirrel monkeyFirst recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby squirrel monkeysquirrel, squirrel away, squirrel cage, squirrel corn, squirrelfish, squirrel monkey, squirrel's-foot fern, squirrel-tail grass, squirrely, squirt, squirt can Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squirrel monkey
British Dictionary definitions for squirrel monkeysquirrel monkey nouna small New World monkey, Saimiri sciureus, of N South American forests, having a yellowish-green coat and orange feet and limbs red-backed squirrel monkey a related species, Saimiri oerstedi, of Central America, having a reddish coat and dark brown limbs Word Origin for squirrel monkeyC18: so called because it is small and tree-dwelling Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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