English

Ateles paniscus

Alternative forms

• koaita

Noun

coaita ‎(plural coaitas)

1. (dated) Any of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, especially Ateles paniscus.
   • 1830, Unnamed translator, Georges Louis Leclerc, The Natural History of Quadrupeds, [1749–1804, Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi], Volume 3, page 338,

     All these facts, even the worms in the intestines, correspond with our coaitas. […] It is obvious, therefore, that the exquima of Marcgrave is a sapajou of the same species, or, at least, of a species very nearly allied to that of the coaita.

   • 1866, The Boys' Journal, Volume 6, page 36,

     Even the coaita, screened by the intervention of the bodies, had, for the time, ceased to utter its cries of alarm.

   • 1896, Henry Ogg Forbes, A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1, page 230,

     The flesh of the Coaitas is much esteemed by the natives in this part of the country […] .

Synonyms

• (monkey): spider monkey (any monkey of genus Ateles)