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Aotus

Aotus is both a plant and an animal:

Golden pea[?] in Fabaceae (bean family)
Douroucouli in Cebidae (monkey family)

The name means "earless" in both cases: the monkey is missing external ears, and the pea is missing earlike bracteoles.

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