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That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

An Indian monkey. See Entellus. [Written also hoonuman.]

e a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Wild howled the wind. Sir W. Scott. Howling monkey. (Zoöl.) See Howler, 2. -- Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. Deut. xxxii. 10.

Any South American monkey of the genus Mycetes. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.

A monkey; an ape. Shak.

A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts, shoulders, and sides of the head, golden yellow, and the top of the head and upper part of the back brown. Called also proboscis monkey. [Written also kaha.]

A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head.

apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.

One of a family (Lemuridæ) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of…

An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).

A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.

A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.

Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus), -- called also collared teetee.

A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).

Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby.]

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Central and South America.

Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidæ. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.

A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.