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GENUS ALOUATTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alouatta mean? 

GENUS ALOUATTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALOUATTA has 1 sense:

1. howler monkeysplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALOUATTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ALOUATTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Howler monkeys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alouatta; genus Alouatta

Hypernyms ("genus Alouatta" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Alouatta"):

howler; howler monkey (monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry)

Holonyms ("genus Alouatta" is a member of...):

Cebidae; family Cebidae (all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins)


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