howler
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊlər/
:
mono aullador
- The guide explained that the distinct howling of the howler monkey can travel for miles in the jungle.
- howler monkey
- howler-monkey bot
- howler-monkey bot fly
Examples
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When the howler monkeys increase in number, all else being equal, the density of the howler-monkey bot flies increases as well.
Academic text (2003) -
For the rest of the morning, the howler monkeys cried in my dreams.
Fiction book (1998) -
Apparently, a howler monkey was eating the animal, and this was all that was recovered.
Fiction book (1990) -
Imuya means place of the howler monkeys in the language of the people who have always lived here.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's a howler monkey special - on Discovery Channel tonight.
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Hence, the infestation rate drops, and the howler monkey population gradually recovers.
Academic text (2003) -
The juvenile howler monkey is heavily burdened with bot fly larvae on its neck.
Academic text (2003) -
In the early morning, we could hear the loud calls of the howler monkeys echoing through the forest.
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During our trip to Costa Rica, we saw a howler monkey hanging from a branch and calling to its group.
Synonyms
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3.8
A large monkey from Central and South American forests that makes very loud calls
A kind of large howler monkey from Central and South America
Large Central and South American monkeys that make very loud howling calls
Compounds
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A large monkey from Central and South American forests that makes very loud calls
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Howler for the monkey is named for its noise: the animal makes a very loud howl ('to cry out loudly') that carries through the forest, so the monkey is called a howler because of its loud call.