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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theparvorder Platyrrhini — themarmosets ,tamarins ,capuchins andsquirrel monkeys .
Etymologies
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It bears the codename "Cebidae" referring to an in-joke often made during Akademy 2008.
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It bears the codename "Cebidae" referring to an in-joke often made during Akademy 2008.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2008
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It bears the codename "Cebidae" referring to an in-joke often made during Akademy 2008.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2008
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These homely little devils are from the family Cebidae, classified as the genus Saguinus.
Archive 2007-11-01 2007
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These homely little devils are from the family Cebidae, classified as the genus Saguinus.
What The Hell Am I? 2007
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Squirrel monkeys inhabit parts of Central and South America, and are the smallest monkeys in the Cebidae family.
Archive 2009-10-01 Michael James 2009
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Squirrel monkeys inhabit parts of Central and South America, and are the smallest monkeys in the Cebidae family.
Squirrel Monkey Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2009
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A new species of capuchin monkey, genus Cebus Erxleben (Cebidae, Primates): found at the very brink of extinction in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In the Cebidae there are generally seven or eight pairs, but in
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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The Cebidae have thirty-six teeth; the Marmosets possess but thirty-two: three of them, however, are pre-molar, as are three of those of the
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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