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howler monkeys

howler monkeys is the plural of howler monkey.

Meaning of howler monkey

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

Questions about howler monkeys

What is howler monkeys the plural of?
Howler monkeys is the plural of howler monkey.

Words near howler monkeys in the dictionary

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

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