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howler monkey

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call.

Equivalents

8 more languages
Catalàaluata
Češtinavřešťan
Nederlandsbrulaap
Polskiwyjec
Русскийреву́н
Українськаревун

Examples

“At dawn and at sunset the howler monkeys screamed together and the parrakeets broke into shrill chatter, but during the hot hours of the day only the full drone of insects, like the beat of a distant surf, filled the ear, while nothing moved amid the solemn vistas of stupendous trunks, fading away into the darkness which held us in.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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