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单词 cercopithecoid
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cercopithecoid

/ˌsəːkə(ʊ)ˈpɪθɪkɔɪd /
Zoology
noun
A primate of a group that comprises the Old World monkeys.
  • Superfamily Cercopithecoidea and family Cercopithecidae.
Our data set was comprised of eight species: a Platyrrhini, the white-fronted capuchin monkey, two cercopithecoids: the Barbary macaque and the hamadryas baboon, four hominoids and an outgroup sequence....
  • Fossils of the earliest hominoids (21 million years ago) and the cercopithecoids (Old World monkeys; 19 million years ago) are known from the early Miocene.
  • Jablonski also provides an in-depth discussion of the radiation and paleoecology of Neogene cercopithecoids, highlighting the adaptations of extant and extinct Old World monkeys to a diverse range of niches.
adjective
Relating to cercopithecoid monkeys.The C 1 calibration was based on the estimated ages of the three earliest putative cercopithecoid and hominoid fossils....
  • The same situation is encountered at the 3’ splice site of cercopithecoid Old World monkeys (OWMs).
  • Primers were designed from conserved regions of the cercopithecoid and human sequences in the public databases.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Cercopithecoidea, based on Greek kerkopithēkos, a long-tailed monkey (from kerkos 'tail' + pithēkos 'ape').

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