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guariba

guariba noun: any of several South American howler monkeys with prehensile tails.

Noun

guariba (plural guaribas)

  1. Any of several South American howler monkeys with prehensile tails.
    • [He saw] ahead of him the carcass of a guariba. It was drifting towards them, [...]1865, The Boys' Journal
    • It was not a man at all, it was a guariba. Of all the prehensile-tailed monkeys which haunt the forests of the Upper Amazon the guariba is without doubt the most eccentric. Of sociable disposition, and not very savage, ...1911, Jules Verne, The five hundred millions of the begum, page 261

Forms of guariba

pluralguaribas

Origin of guariba

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese guariba, from Old Tupi gûariba. Other early European spellings/renderings of the same Tupian word include guariva, guariha, uariba, waariba, and in French ouarive/ouariue (which was misread as ouarine, giving rise to that word and, by anglicization of it, to warine). The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to araguato and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes); the New English Dictionary directs readers to compare alouatte and araguato.

Questions about guariba

What does guariba mean?
Guariba means any of several South American howler monkeys with prehensile tails.
What part of speech is guariba?
Guariba is a noun.
What is the plural of guariba?
The plural of guariba is guaribas.

Words near guariba in the dictionary

  1. guardsperson
  2. guardspersons
  3. guardswoman
  4. guardswomen
  5. Guarequena
  6. guariba
  7. guaribas
  8. Guarin
  9. Guarino
  10. guarinoite
  11. Guarins

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