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   howler

   /ˈhaʊlə/

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   • 1. a very stupid or glaring mistake, especially an amusing one: informal "the occasional schoolboy howler would amuse the examiners"
   • 2. a fruit-eating monkey with a prehensile tail and a loud howling call, native to the forests of tropical America.

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   What is a howler monkey?

   • 1. (Animals) Also called: howler monkey any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry 3. (Telecommunications) Brit (formerly) a device that produces a loud tone in a telephone receiver to attract attention when the receiver is incorrectly replaced

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   What is the meaning of Howling?

   • 1. to make a long, loud cry. The wolves howled; He howled with pain; We howled with laughter. 2. (of wind) to make a similar sound. The wind howled through the trees. such a cry. a howl of pain; howls of laughter. a mistake so bad as to be funny. an exam paper full of howlers.

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   What is a howl monkey?

   • n. 1. one that howls. 2. Also called howl′er mon`key. any large tropical American monkey of the genus Alouatta, the males of which make a howling noise. 3. a mistake, esp. an embarrassing one in speech or writing, that evokes laughter.

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   a person, animal, or thing that howls. Also called howl er mon key. any large, prehensile-tailed tropical American monkey of the genus Alouatta, the males of which make a howling howling noise: some species are endangered.

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   noun. 1. Also called: howler monkey. any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry. 2. informal.