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Ateles
‖
At′e-les
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] incomplete;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] completion.] (Zool.)
A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See
Spider monkey
, and Coaita
. Definition 2024
Ateles
Ateles
See also: atèles
Translingual
Proper noun
Ateles m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the spider monkeys.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Euarchontoglires - superorder; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Atelidae - family; Atelinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- For species see
Ateles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Ateles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia