alouatte
English
Etymology
From French alouatte, alouate, from a Cariban language; compare Galibi Carib arawata, Trió arawata, Wayana alawata, Maquiritari adawa'ta, Apalaí arauta, Akawaio arawta, Pemon arauta, Macushi arauta.[1][2] Compare araguato.
Noun
alouatte (plural alouattes)
- (now rare) A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta). [from 18th c.]
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator, ch. 11:
- I understood what he meant, and said, ‘Alouattes are shot every day.’
- 1981, Gene Wolfe, The Claw of the Conciliator, ch. 11:
Further reading
- alouatte in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “alouatte”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, page 238.