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MONKEY
, a See also:term apparently applicable to all members of the See also:order See also:PRIMATES (q.v.) except See also:man and perhaps the larger apes
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In See also:zoology it may be used in this wider sense, as inclusive of all the Primates except man and lemurs; but it may also be employed in a more restricted application, so as to denote all See also:ordinary " monkeys " as distinct from baboons on the one See also:hand and the tail-less man-like apes on the other
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The word appears in See also:English first in the 16th See also:century
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The See also:Low-See also:German version of Reynard the See also:Fox (Reinke de Vos, 1479) calls the son of See also: |
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