howler monkey

noun

: any of a genus (Alouatta) of South and Central American monkeys that have a long prehensile tail and enlargement of the hyoid bone and expansion of the larynx enabling them to make loud howling noises

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Recent Examples on the Web James Fellows Yates of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and his colleagues analyzed DNA from bacteria preserved in Neandertal tartar and compared it with bacterial DNA from the teeth of modern chimps, gorillas, howler monkeys and modern humans. —

Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 Red howler monkeys swung from the cables of a footbridge and screeched in the jungle. —

Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024 Rojas warned us about anticipating a parade of jaguars, anacondas, flowering jungles, and howler monkeys. —

Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024 Monkeys, including howler monkeys, orangutans, tamarins and mandrills. —

Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for howler monkey

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First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of howler monkey was in 1932

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