ateles

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ateles - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ateles \At"e*les\, n. [Gr. ? incomplete; 'a priv. + ?
     completion.] (Zool.)
     A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having
     the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and
     Coaita.
     [1913 Webster] Atelets sauce

ateles - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ateles
      n 1: spider monkeys [syn: Ateles, genus Ateles]