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- Dictionaryhowler/ˈhaʊlə/
noun
- 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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The meaning of HOWLER is howler monkey. How to use howler in a sentence.
HOWLER definition: 1. a stupid and obvious mistake, especially in something that someone says or writes: 2. a jug or…. Learn more.
HOWLER meaning: 1. a stupid and obvious mistake, especially in something that someone says or writes: 2. a jug or…. Learn more.
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.
howl•er. 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.
Definition of howler noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
