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单词 coaita
释义 coaita|kəʊˈaɪtə|
Also quata.
[Tupi coatá, cuatá, coaitá= Red-faced Spider-monkey. The erroneous spelling coaiti has led to confusion with the coati, a very different animal.]
The Red-faced Spider-monkey (Ateles paniscus) found in the woods of tropical South America, about 18 inches long, covered with long coarse hair of a glossy black. Also applied to other species of Ateles.
1774Goldsm Nat. Hist. II. 370 The coaiti [ed. 1862 coati] may be distinguished by having no thumb.1796Stedman Surinam II. xvi. 10 A large company of quatas..one of the most remarkable species of monkies in the world.1834Penny Cycl. II. 547/1 The Quata or as the French write it, coaïta.1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xx. 271 The coaïta.1864Bates Nat. Amazons ix. 266, I had not before met with the White-whiskered Coaita, or spider-monkey.
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