411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Cacajao
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Translingual
thumb|Cacajao calvus species
Etymology
mul Possibly from mul bae.en Barnett, Adrian A. 2004-12 The Meanings of Cacajao and Uacari: Folk Etymology in Neotropical Primate Taxonomy Neotropical Primates 12 3 147–152 10.1896/1413-4705.12.3.147 1413-4705 mul Q318217 1840.
Proper noun
1 m
genus family Pitheciidae uakari
Hypernyms
genus ; Pitheciinae subfamily - subfamily
Hyponyms
genus Cacajao melanocephalus species (black uakari) - type species; Cacajao ayresi species, Cacajao calvus species, Cacajao hosomi species - other species
Descendants
pt cacajau 1
References
Further reading
Q1048171 1
mul New World monkeys