alouatte

English

Etymology

From French alouatte, alouate, from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na arawata, Trió arawata, Wayana alawata, Ye'kwana adawa'ta, Apalaí arauta, Akawaio arawta, Pemon arauta, Macushi arauta. Compare araguato.

Noun

alouatte (plural alouattes)

1. (now rare) A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta). [from 18th c.]
   • 1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter XI, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 91:

     I understood what he meant, and said, ‘Alouattes are shot every day.’

Further reading

• “alouatte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.