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Webster 1913 Edition


Coaita

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Co-ai′ta

(kō̍-äĭ′tȧ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus
Ateles
, esp.
Ateles paniscus
. The black-faced coaita is
Ateles ater
. See Illustration in Appendix.