spider monkey

English

A black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps)

Pronunciation

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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, of the genus Brachyteles of New World monkeys, closely related to Ateles.

   Synonym: marimonda

Derived terms

• black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps
• brown-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps fusciceps
• brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus
• Colombian spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps rufiventris
• 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
• 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
• Yucatan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis

Translations

monkey of the genus Ateles

• Afrikaans: slingeraap
• Arabic: سَعْدَان عَنْكَبُوتِيّ m (saʕdān ʕankabūtiyy), آتِل m (ʔātil)
• 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

References

• “spider monkey”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• spider monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Atelinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Atelinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons