spider monkey

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Noun

spider monkey (plural spider monkeys)

1. Any New World monkey of the genus Ateles, with long, spindly limbs.
2. A muriqui, New World monkey of the genus Brachyteles, closely related to Ateles.

   Synonym: marimonda

Derived terms

• black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps
  • brown-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps fusciceps
  • Colombian spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps rufiventris
• brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus
• Geoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
  • hooded spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi grisescens
  • Mexican spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
  • Nicaraguan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi
  • ornate spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
  • Yucatan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis
• Peruvian spider monkey, Ateles chamek
• red-faced spider monkey, Ateles paniscus
• white-cheeked spider monkey, Ateles marginatus
• white-fronted spider monkey, Ateles belzebuth
• woolly spider monkey, monkey of the genus Brachyteles

Translations

monkey of the genus Ateles

Afrikaans: slingeraap Catalan: mona aranya f Chinese: Mandarin: 蜘蛛猴 (zhīzhūhóu) Dutch: slingeraap (nl) m Esperanto: aransimio Finnish: hämähäkkiapina German: Klammeraffe (de) m Irish: moncaí géagach m Polish: czepiak m Portuguese: macaco-aranha m Spanish: mono araña m, maquisapa m or f Swedish: spindelapa c Turkish: örümcek maymunu Yucatec Maya: maʼax

monkey of the genus Brachyteles

Finnish: muriki (fi) German: Spinnenaffe (de) m Irish: moncaí géagach m