spider monkey
noun
: any of a genus (Ateles) of New World monkeys with long slender limbs, the thumb absent or rudimentary, and a very long prehensile tail
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Animal experts in the case testified that Mexican spider monkey mothers will not voluntarily give up their babies, and the entire troop of spider monkeys will try to defend the mother and baby, prosecutors said.
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Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
They were quarantined, due to potentially dangerous zoonotic diseases, before they were transferred to a troop of fellow spider monkeys at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
—Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
Upon investigation, officials discovered a spider monkey stowed inside a backpack in the vehicle.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
That expertise has contributed to the full recovery of the five spider monkeys.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
They were quarantined, due to potentially dangerous zoonotic diseases, before they were transferred to a troop of fellow spider monkeys at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.
—Caleb Lunetta, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2025
Upon investigation, officials discovered a spider monkey stowed inside a backpack in the vehicle.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2025
That expertise has contributed to the full recovery of the five spider monkeys.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Spider monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spider%20monkey. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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