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Meanings of howler monkey in English

Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry.

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Examples for "howler"
Examples for "howler"
1
I've seen 'em scuttle right up a hork tree after a howler.
Mech
2
The calamity howler is found in the midst of peace and plenty.
Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
3
If they just went ahead as planned, would anyone notice their howler?
The Guardian
4
It is the mycetes, or ursine howler-thelargest monkey of South America.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
5
It was a howler, probably the Mycetes stramineus of Geoffroy St. Hilaire.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Usage of howler monkey in English
1
The howler monkey, accustomed to living in a protected reserve, stared curiously.
Jurassic Park
2
High in the palms, a howler monkey grunt-barked an end-of-day message.
Bones Never Lie
3
A howler monkey went off, as if to give his approval.
Stand by your hitman
4
A howler monkey dangled overhead at just the right moment.
Stand by your hitman
5
Something called a mantled howler monkey hangs from a tree.
The center of everything
6
Apparently a howler monkey was eating the animal, and this was all that was recovered.
Jurassic Park
7
Her hair is as shockingly orange as a howler monkey's, and it frizzes out in every direction.
Origin
8
The Grouch, a huge orange howler monkey, stares straight at me and lets out an obnoxious roar.
Origin
9
She begins to stir, and there it is again: the unmistakable call of some kind of howler monkey.
The Guardian
10
I followed her closely enough to make me think of a program I'd seen about howler monkey mating habits.
Death masks
11
The jaguar I thought I heard during the night was probably a howler monkey, which has now fallen silent.
Conquest of the Useless
12
Farther along, he saw the dark shape of a howler monkey, ambling along the edge of the mangrove swamp.
Jurassic Park
13
But this particular howler monkey seemed to be alone, and walking slowly, and pausing frequently to sit on its haunches.
Jurassic Park
14
Just a couple of howler monkeys, and I could do without them.
Stand by your hitman
15
The howler monkeys began hooting it up as dusk settled around us.
Stand by your hitman
16
Howler monkeys screeched as we entered a clearing full of equipment.
Stand by your hitman