monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior |
affenpinscher monkey pinscher monkey dog | European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle |
simian | an ape or monkey |
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 |
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 |
automobile mechanic auto-mechanic car-mechanic mechanic grease monkey | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
imp scamp monkey rascal rapscallion scalawag scallywag | one who is playfully mischievous |
powder monkey | someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) |
monkey puzzle chile pine Araucaria araucana | large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts |
rain tree saman monkeypod monkey pod zaman zamang Albizia saman | large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle |
baobab monkey-bread tree Adansonia digitata | African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread |
Marburg disease Marburg hemorrhagic fever green monkey disease | a viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus, when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness |
putter mess around potter tinker monkey monkey around muck about muck around | do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly, The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house |
tamper fiddle monkey c | play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly, Someone tampered with the documents on my desk, The reporter fiddle with the facts |
simian | relating to or resembling an ape, simian features |