monkey
A2UK /ˈmʌŋki/US /ˈmʌŋki/
Meaning
noun
an animal with a long tail, that climbs trees and lives in hot countries. There are several types of monkey and they are related to apes and humans.
“Like humans, apes and monkeys live in complex social groupings.”
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