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crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

black lemur (Eulemur macaco)

pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

anthropoid ape; anthropoid; pongid; ape

lone monkey; stray monkey

clay monkey figure

loris

loris (esp. a slow loris)

snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus spp., esp. the golden snub-nosed monkey, Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Formosan rock macaque (Macaca cyclopis); Formosan rock monkey; Taiwanese macaque

Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

cheek pouch (monkey, squirrel, etc.)

iron mask that covers the chin and cheeks (worn by samurai)

Abbreviation

Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)

Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)

scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch

mother monkey

Medicine

monkeypox; mpox

Idiomatic expression

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys

Familiar

monkey

to gag someone

Proverb

even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Monkey and the Crab (folktale); The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab; Saru Kani Gassen

crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis); long-tailed macaque

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys