saimiri sciureus

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   small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle

   Synonymssquirrel monkey

   BroaderNew World monkey

Questions about saimiri sciureus

What does saimiri sciureus mean?

saimiri sciureus means "small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle".

What is another word for saimiri sciureus?

Close synonyms include squirrel monkey. 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 saimiri sciureus a common word?

saimiri sciureus 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.