Definition of monkey

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Monkey (n.) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

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Soulili :: Soulili (n.) A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black..
Coaita :: Coaita (n.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix..
Kalasie :: Kalasie (n.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.
Lecythis :: Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers..
Macaque :: Macaque (n.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies..
Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai..
Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..
Coccyx :: Coccyx (n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
Anthropoidea :: Anthropoidea (n. pl.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man..
Lemur :: Lemur (n.) One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo..
Pedimanous :: Pedimanous (a.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys..
Monkey-cup :: Monkey-cup (n.) See Nepenthes.
Ouakari :: Ouakari (n.) Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially B. ouakari..
Platyrhini :: Platyrhini (n. pl.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey..
Bruh :: Bruh (n.) The rhesus monkey. See Rhesus.
Macacus :: Macacus (n.) A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows..
Hoonoomaun :: Hoonoomaun (n.) An Indian monkey. See Entellus.
Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..
Durukuli :: Durukuli (n.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus)..
Tamarin :: Tamarin (n.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus..
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