squirrel monkey

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

   SynonymsSaimiri sciureus

   BroaderNew World monkey

Questions about squirrel monkey

What does squirrel monkey mean?

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

What is another word for squirrel monkey?

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

squirrel monkey 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.