howler monkey
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- noun
- /ˈhaʊlər ˈmʌŋki/
- US
:
mono aullador
- My census of howler monkeys, about 1,200 individuals, also showed that the proportion of juveniles was suspiciously low.
- howler monkey population
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) -
Hence, the infestation rate drops, and the howler monkey population gradually recovers.
Academic text (2003) -
No one ever sees the howler monkeys.
Fiction book (1998) -
For the rest of the morning, the howler monkeys cried in my dreams.
Fiction book (1998) -
Imuya means place of the howler monkeys in the language of the people who have always lived here.
Fiction book (1998) -
But howler monkeys in poor condition seem to be in jeopardy.
Academic text (2003) -
The booming calls of howler monkeys attract the attention of a passing jaguar.
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Each dawn we'd be awakened by the hooting of howler monkeys in the flowering trees around the lodge.
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For the rest of the morning, the howler monkeys cried in my dreams.
Synonyms
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A large monkey from Central and South America that makes loud calls
A kind of large howler monkey from Central and South America
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'howler monkey' is compositionally built: 'howler' (one that howls) + 'monkey' yields 'a monkey that howls', so the meaning of a loud-voiced tropical monkey is directly inferable from its parts. This simple noun-noun/agentive pattern is cross-linguistically common, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Howler monkey gets its name from the very loud howl this monkey makes. That's why the name means 'a large monkey known for its very loud call'.