cebus capucinus

1. 1.

   monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl

   Synonymscapuchinringtail

   BroaderNew World monkey

   Part ofCebus

Questions about cebus capucinus

What does cebus capucinus mean?

cebus capucinus means "monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl".

What is another word for cebus capucinus?

Close synonyms include capuchin, ringtail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cebus capucinus a common word?

cebus capucinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.