spider monkey

spider monkey

n.

Any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having long legs and a long prehensile tail and lacking a thumb.

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spider monkey

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several arboreal New World monkeys of the genus Ateles, of Central and South America, having very long legs, a long prehensile tail, and a small head

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

woolly spider monkey a rare related monkey, Brachyteles arachnoides, of SE Brazil

[so called because its long limbs resemble the legs of a spider]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spider monkey - arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail Ateles geoffroyi New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails Ateles, genus Ateles - spider monkeys

Translations

spider monkey n → scimmia f ragno inv

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spider monkey n → scimmia f ragno inv