arboreal monkeys

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• arboreal — adjective Etymology: Latin arboreus of a tree, from arbor Date: circa 1667 1. of, relating to, or resembling a tree 2. inhabiting or frequenting trees < arboreal monkeys > • arboreally adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Arboreal locomotion — Leopards are good climbers, and can carry their kills up their trees to keep them out of reach from scavengers and other predators. Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees. In every habitat in which trees are present, animals… …   Wikipedia

• arboreal — arboreally, adv. /ahr bawr ee euhl, bohr /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to trees; treelike. 2. Also, arboreous. living in or among trees. 3. Zool. adapted for living and moving about in trees, as the limbs and skeleton of opossums, squirrels,… …   Universalium

• arboreal — /aˈbɔriəl / (say ah bawreeuhl) adjective 1. relating to trees; tree like. 2. living in or among trees. 3. Zoology adapted for living and moving about in trees, as the limbs and skeleton of possums, monkeys, and apes. {Latin arboreus + al1} …  

• langur — /lung goor /, n. any of various slender, long tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered. [1820 30; < Hindi langur; akin to Skt langulin having a tail] * * *… …   Universalium

• evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …   Universalium

• Mono Grande — The Mono Grande (Spanish for Large Monkey ), a large monkey like creature, has been occasionally reported in South America. Such creatures are reported as being much larger than the commonly accepted new world monkeys. These accounts have… …   Wikipedia

• titi — titi1 /tee tee /, n., pl. titis. any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America. [1820 30, Amer.; < AmerSp] titi2 /tee tee, tuy tuy/, n., pl. titis. a shrub or small tree of the southern U.S., Cliftonia… …   Universalium

• New World monkey — noun hairy faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails • Syn: ↑platyrrhine, ↑platyrrhinian • Derivationally related forms: ↑platyrrhinian (for: ↑platyrrhine), ↑platyrhinian ( …   Useful english dictionary

• saimiri — noun a) squirrel monkey b) A taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys …   Wiktionary

• platyrrhinian — I noun hairy faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails • Syn: ↑New World monkey, ↑platyrrhine • Derivationally related forms: ↑platyrrhinian (for: ↑platyrrhine), ↑platyrhinian …   Useful english dictionary