n. 1. any of several extinct humanlike small-brained bipedal primates of the genus Australopithecus; they existed from 1 to 4 million years ago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon, baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, and proboscis monkey. Syn. -- family Cercopithecidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pi`qhkos an ape. ] (Zool.) A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates. [ 1913 Webster ]
[きょうびえんるい, kyoubienrui] (n, adj-no) catarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)