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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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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- noun large monkeys with dark skin and woolly fur of the Amazon and Orinoco basins
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