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  • nonprehensile — onprehensile adj. not prehensile; as, cats have a nonprehensile tail. Opposite of {prehensile}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • nonprehensile — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • nonprehensile — non·prehensile …   English syllables

  • nonprehensile — adjective not prehensile • Ant: ↑prehensile * * * | ̷ ̷+ adjective : not prehensile * * * adj …   Useful english dictionary

  • squirrel monkey — either 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. [1765 75] * * * Any of… …   Universalium

  • Marmoset — Mar mo*set (m[aum]r m[ o]*z[e^]t ; 277), n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See {Marble}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small South… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • squirrel monkey — Marmoset Mar mo*set (m[aum]r m[ o]*z[e^]t ; 277), n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See {Marble}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Doria's Tree-kangaroo — Doria s Tree kangaroo[1] Conservation status …   Wikipedia

  • squirrelmonkey — squirrel monkey n. Any of several small, brightly colored arboreal monkeys of the genus Saimiri, widely distributed in South and Central American tropical forest regions, having a white face with black nose and mouth, short fur, and a long… …   Universalium

  • catarrhine — /kat euh ruyn /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the group Catarrhini, comprising humans, anthropoid apes, and Old World monkeys, having the nostrils close together and opening downward and a nonprehensile, often greatly reduced or vestigial… …   Universalium

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