noun
monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
• Syn: ↑howler
• Hypernyms: ↑New World monkey, ↑platyrrhine, ↑platyrrhinian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alouatta, ↑genus Alouatta
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noun or howling monkey : any of various So. and Central American monkeys having a long prehensile tail and a peculiar enlargement of the hyoid and laryngeal apparatus enabling them to make remarkable howling noises and constituting the genus Alouatta
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howler monkey,
= howling monkey. (Cf. ↑howling monkey)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.