widow monkey

English

Noun

widow monkey (plural widow monkeys)

  1. A small South American monkey (Callicebus torquatus), black except for the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for widow monkey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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