SINCE 1828
Cercopithecidae
noun plural
Cer·co·pi·the·ci·dae
| \ ˌsər-kō-pə-ˈthē-sə-ˌdē
, -ˈthē-kə-
\
, -ˈthē-kə-
\
Medical Definition of Cercopithecidae
: a family of primates that includes all the Old World monkeys except the anthropoid apes and is coextensive with a superfamily (Cercopithecoidea)
Other Words from Cercopithecidae
cercopithecoid
\ -ˈpith-ə-ˌkȯid
, -pə-ˈthē-
\
adjective or noun
, -pə-ˈthē-
\
adjective or noun
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