Old World monkey

English

Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)

Noun

Old World monkey (plural Old World monkeys)

1. A member of a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini.

   Coordinate term: New World monkey

2. Any primate of the family Cercopithecidae.

Translations

primates falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舊世界猴 / 旧世界猴 (jiù shìjiè hóu)

• Finnish: vanhan maailman häntäapina (fi), häntäapina (fi)
• French: singe de l’Ancien Monde (fr) m
• German: Altweltaffe (de) m, Schmalnasenaffe (de) m
• Hindi: पूर्वजगत बंदर m (pūrvjagat bandar)
• Japanese: 旧世界ザル (kyūsekaizaru)
• Polish: małpa ogoniasta f, makakowate pl

Further reading

• Old World monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia