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单词 marimonda
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marimondan.

Brit. /marɪˈmɒndə/, U.S. /ˌmɛrəˈmɑndə/
Forms: 1700s– marimonda, 1800s marimondo.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish marimonda.
Etymology: < American Spanish marimonda (1748 in the passage translated in quot. 1758), of uncertain origin; compare Portuguese marimonda.
A spider monkey, Ateles belzebuth, esp. one of a pale-bellied race found in parts of the Colombian and Venezuelan lowlands.
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1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. v. i. 223 These forests [near Caracol] are..infested with snakes, and monkeys, particularly a kind called Marimondas.
1819 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. IV. vi. xvii. 265 The marimondoes, the araguatoes, and other monkeys with a prehensile tail.
1861 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) I. 86 In captivity, the marimonda is a gentle and affectionate animal.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xvii. 307 The very fine Marimonda..now dying, I fear, in the Zoological Gardens at Bristol.
1944 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 96 20 Ateles belzebuth belzebuth E. Geoffroy. Marimonda Spider Monkey.
1999 J. F. Eisenberg & K. H. Redford Mammals of Neotropics III. 267/2 Ateles belzebuth... Long-haired Spider Monkey, Marimonda.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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