[mod.L. a. Gr. κῆβος.] A genus of long-tailed monkeys, inhabiting the forests of S. America, including the Sapajous.
1863. Bates, Nat. Amazons, ix. (1864), 253. The White Cebus … inhabited the forests on the opposite side of the river.
1871. Darwin, Desc. Man (1885), 70. Thus Renegger observed an American Monkey (a Cebus) carefully driving away the flies which plagued her infant.
