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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 monkeys
Familiarity information: GENUS ALOUATTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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