novobiocin. an antibacterial produced by Streptomyces niveus, used in the treatment of infections caused by staphylococci and other gram-positive organisms.
The scientific name for fear of monkeys is maimouphobia but it is also called pithikosophobia. Maimouphobia or Pithikosophobia is the fear of monkeys. The fear of monkeys is called Maimouphobia or Pithikosophobia. Login or Sign Up to answer this question.
They are called that because of their long, thin limbs and prehensile tails, and the way they move when swinging through the trees. For the first Europeans to see them, spider monkeys looked like they had five limbs, and their hanging from separate tree branches gave them the look of a spider in its web. 14 people found this useful.