woolly monkey

American  

noun

1. either of two large New World Monkeys, Lagothrix lagotricha, with black skin and dark, woolly fur, and L. flavicauda, similar but with a buffy face patch and a yellow-banded tail, native to forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins: L. lagotricha is endangered and L. flavicauda threatened.

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Etymology

Origin of woolly monkey

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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woolly monkey

The islands’ extreme deference to animals—many of which only exist here—was codified into law in 2022 in a landmark case involving a woolly monkey named Estrellita.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

It was a woolly monkey, also known as a barrigudo.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple