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Definition of Howler monkey
1. Noun. Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry.
Generic synonyms: New World Monkey, Platyrrhine, Platyrrhinian
Group relationships: Alouatta, Genus Alouatta
Derivative terms: Howl
Definition of Howler monkey
1. Noun. A loud Central American and South American monkey of the genus ''Alouatta''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Howler Monkey
Literary usage of Howler monkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"He took the head and shoulders of a red howler monkey, removed a quantity of hair
from the upper part of the head, and then, by his peculiar process of ..."
2. Secrets in Stone: Yokes, Hachas and Palmas from Southern Mesoamerica by Edwin M. Shook, Elayne Marquis (1996)
"One is the roaring, howler monkey ... The latter is far more commonly seen in
Pre-Columbian art than the shyer howler monkey. No attempt has been made to ..."
3. Panama by Marc Rigole, Claude-Victor Langlois (2003)
"The howler monkey is also called ... The howler monkey is one of the animal
species being studied by the famous Smithsonian Tropical ..."
4. Belize by Vivien Lougheed (2005)
"Besides the howler monkey, the sanctuary has Baird's tapirs, Morelet's crocodiles,
iguanas and Central American river turtles. ..."
5. A New Dimension of Time by Marc van der Erve (2007)
"Allman refers to research about two closely related monkeys with about the same
body weight.15 One of these monkeys, the howler monkey, is a leaf-eater. ..."
6. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1912)
"The other important mammalian accessions during the year were the following: One
young male orang-utan, one young female chimpanzee, one red howler monkey, ..."
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