noun

• A primate of a family (Cebidae) that includes most of the New World monkeys.

  ‘It is also one of the largest cebids and is relentlessly pursued for food in South America.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Nursing periods among cebids are generally longer than is typical of Old World monkeys.’
  • ‘A tail is present and may be long or vestigial, but it is never fully prehensile as in many cebids.’
  • ‘The cebids are all primarily arboreal and exhibit a number of different social systems.’
  • ‘Callitrichids frequently give birth to twins and triplets but cebids rarely do.’