Cynopithecidæ (si"no pit he side)

pl. [NL., keys; Macacus, the macaques; and some short-tailed forms closely related to the latter, as Inuus and Cynopi thecus, commonly called apes, with Papio or Cynocephalus baboons. See Cynopithecus. and Mandrill a or Mormon, the dog-faced and pig-faced cynopithecoid (sino-pi-thē'koid), a. and n. [ Cynopithecus +-oid] I. a. Pertaining to the lower series of catarrhine monkeys; not simian or anthropoid; cynomorphic: specifically applied to the Cynopithecida. Gr. κύων ( κυν- ), a dog, + (1) σκίαινα, a sea-fish: see Sciæna.] A genus of sciænoid fishes, of which there are several well-known and important species. C. regal is is the common weakfish or sque teague; C. maculatus is the spotted weakfish; two Californian species are C. par vip inn is and C. nobilis. See weakfish.