HyperDic: spider_monkey

English > 1 sense of the expression spider monkey:
NOUNanimalspider monkey, Ateles geoffroyiarboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
English > spider monkey: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningarboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail.
SynonymAteles geoffroyi
Member ofAteles, genus Atelesspider monkeys
BroaderNew World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinianhairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
Spanishmono araña, zambo

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