Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The native name of one of the small, large-eyed, nocturnal South American monkeys of the genus Nyctipithecus (which see), as N. trivirgatus, or N. rufipes. Also written
durukuli .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly
Nyctipithecus trivirgatus ), with large owl-like eyes; hence, the common nameowl monkey .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
New World monkey of the genus Aotu, which is active at night and has nopinna of theouter ear .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Marivitano (indigenous language of southern Venezuela where Alexander von Humboldt made the first scientific description of night monkeys).]
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bilby commented on the word douroucouli
The ou-ou-ou is kind of cute.
January 7, 2016