woolly monkey

noun

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.

Words nearby woolly monkey

woolly, woolly aphid, woolly bear, woolly mammoth, woolly manzanita, woolly monkey, woolly worm, woolly-hair nevus, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, woollybutt

Origin of woolly monkey

First recorded in 1875–80