saimiri

IPA: sˈeɪmˈɪri

squirrel monkey
Any member of Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys.

Examples of "saimiri" in Sentences

The sight of the smallest saimiri puts it to flight.
Chimpanzees and Saimiri monkeys can be infected with this parasite.
The squirrel monkeys are the New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri.
It was a beautiful little creature -- a true saimiri, or squirrel monkey, called the "titi."
It came from the toldo; and, at the same instant, the saimiri was seen leaping out from the door.
The only living creature that accompanied them from their valley-home was the pretty saimiri, carried on the shoulder of the little Leona.
It was not long after that a pleasanter pet than either of them was found, and this was a beautiful little saimiri monkey, about the size of
The Yale team found that Herpesvirus saimiri, a virus that infects monkeys and can cause cancers, seems to have copied other non-coding bits of RNA from the host cell.
The saimiri, or titi of the Orinoco, the atele, the sajou, and other quadrumanous animals long known in Europe, form a striking contrast, both in their gait and habits, with the macavahu, called by the missionaries viudita, or widow in mourning.