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howler monkey

howler monkey noun: a Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.

howler monkey: a Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call
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Noun

howler monkey (plural howler monkeys)

  1. A Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.
    • At dawn and at sunset the howler monkeys screamed together and the parrakeets broke into shrill chatter, but during the hot hours of the day only the full drone of insects, like the beat of a distant surf, filled the ear, while nothing moved amid the solemn vistas of stupendous trunks, fading away...1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Forms of howler monkey

pluralhowler monkeys

Questions about howler monkey

What does howler monkey mean?
Howler monkey means a Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.
What part of speech is howler monkey?
Howler monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of howler monkey?
The plural of howler monkey is howler monkeys.

Words near howler monkey in the dictionary

  1. howled at the moon
  2. howled down
  3. howled on
  4. howled out
  5. howler
  6. howler monkey
  7. howler monkeys
  8. howlers
  9. Howles
  10. howlest
  11. howlet

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