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Webster 1913 Edition
Ateles
‖
At′e-les
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] incomplete;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] completion.] (Zool.)
A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See
Spider monkey
, and Coaita
.