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ALOUATTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Howler monkeys

Synonyms:

Alouatta; genus Alouatta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Alouatta"):

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

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

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

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