Noun: spider monkey 'spI-dur 'múng-kee
- Arboreal monkey of tropical America with long slender legs and long prehensile tail
"Spider monkeys swung gracefully between trees using their prehensile tails";
- Ateles geoffroyi
Derived forms: spider monkeys
Type of: New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
Part of: Ateles, genus Ateles
Encyclopedia: Spider monkey