araguato

Meaning

Noun

• A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus (species)).

Origin

• From or cognate to French araguate (whence the rare older English spelling araguate), from a native name. The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to guariba and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes). On the other hand, Merriam-Webster attributes it to .