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woolly monkey

noun

  1. either of two large New World Monkeys, Lagothrix lagotricha, with black skin and dark, woolly fur, and L. flavicauda, similar but with a buffy face patch and a yellow-banded tail, native to forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins: L. lagotricha is endangered and L. flavicauda threatened.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of woolly monkey1

First recorded in 1875–80

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