monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior |
flying phalanger flying opossum flying squirrel | nocturnal phalangers that move with gliding leaps using parachute-like folds of skin along the sides of the body |
affenpinscher monkey pinscher monkey dog | European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
squirrel | a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail |
tree squirrel | any typical arboreal squirrel |
eastern grey squirrel eastern gray squirrel cat squirrel Sciurus carolinensis | common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America, now introduced into England |
western grey squirrel western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus | large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States |
fox squirrel eastern fox squirrel Sciurus niger | exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States |
black squirrel | fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase |
red squirrel cat squirrel Sciurus vulgaris | common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia |
American red squirrel spruce squirrel red squirrel Sciurus hudsonicus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | of northern United States and Canada |
chickeree Douglas squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasi | far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel |
antelope squirrel whitetail antelope squirrel antelope chipmunk Citellus leucurus | small ground squirrel of western United States |
ground squirrel gopher spermophile | any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds, often destroy crops |
mantled ground squirrel Citellus lateralis | common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America, resembles a large chipmunk |
flickertail Richardson ground squirrel Citellus richardsoni | of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada |
rock squirrel Citellus variegatus | large grey ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States |
Arctic ground squirrel parka squirrel Citellus parryi | large ground squirrel of the North American far north |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
American flying squirrel | New World flying squirrels |
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans | small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States |
northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus | large flying squirrel, chiefly of Canada |
Asiatic flying squirrel | nocturnal rodent of Asia having furry folds of skin between forelegs and hind legs enabling it to move by gliding leaps |
monkey | any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians) |
Old World monkey catarrhine | of Africa or Arabia or Asia, having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together |
guenon guenon monkey | small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face |
vervet vervet monkey Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus | South African monkey with black face and hands |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
patas hussar monkey Erythrocebus patas | reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa |
rhesus rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta | of southern Asia, used in medical research |
bonnet macaque bonnet monkey capped macaque crown monkey Macaca radiata | Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair |
crab-eating macaque croo monkey Macaca irus | monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines |
colobus colobus monkey | arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs |
proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus | Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose |
New World monkey platyrrhine platyrrhinian | hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails |
tamarin lion monkey lion marmoset leoncita | small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail |
howler monkey howler | monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry |
titi titi monkey | small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail |
spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi | arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail |
squirrel monkey Saimiri sciureus | small long-tailed monkey of Central American and South America with greenish fur and black muzzle |
woolly monkey | large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins |
brass monkey | a metal stand that formerly held cannon balls on sailing ships |
flying bridge flybridge fly bridge monkey bridge | the highest navigational bridge on a ship, a small (often open) deck above the pilot house |
mess jacket monkey jacket shell jacket | waist-length jacket tapering to a point at the back, worn by officers in the mess for formal dinners |
monkey bridge | a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room |
monkey ladder | a light ladder to the monkey bridge on a ship |
monkey-wrench monkey wrench | adjustable wrench that has one fixed and one adjustable jaw |
squirrel cage | cage with a cylindrical framework that rotates as a small animal runs inside it |
peanut earthnut goober goober pea groundnut monkey nut | pod of the peanut vine containing usually nuts or seeds, `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms |
sour gourd monkey bread | African gourd-like fruit with edible pulp |