night monkey
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of night monkey
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Take, for instance, the Panamanian night monkey, monogamous in captivity but not, Gary emphasizes, in the wild.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021
It’s all well and good to understand why the gray-handed night monkey became monogamous.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2013
He is pale, wary, jumpy, an urban night monkey traveling in the jungle of cities from Paris to New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
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