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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Take big swings like a howler monkey, and don’t be afraid of crashing into a tree like a howler monkey that is bad at judging distance. Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 That same dome of heat had been roasting Mexico since the beginning of May, breaking records and causing howler monkeys and birds to drop from trees after dying of heat stroke and dehydration. Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 19 June 2024 Leatherback turtles nest on Playa Grande, while howler monkeys and crocodiles call Tamarindo Wildlife Refuge home. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024 This isn’t the first time this species of howler monkeys has been in trouble. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 22 May 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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“Howler monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/howler%20monkey. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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