woolly monkey

woolly monkey

n. Any of several medium-sized arboreal monkeys of the genus Lagothrix of South America that have a thick fleecy coat and a long prehensile tail and that eat primarily fruit and leaves.

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woolly monkey - large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basinsNew World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tailsgenus Lagothrix, Lagothrix - woolly monkeys