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Definition of Howler
1. Noun. A joke that seems extremely funny.
Generic synonyms: Gag, Jape, Jest, Joke, Laugh
Derivative terms: Howl
2. Noun. Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry.
Generic synonyms: New World Monkey, Platyrrhine, Platyrrhinian
Group relationships: Alouatta, Genus Alouatta
Derivative terms: Howl
3. Noun. A glaring blunder.
Definition of Howler
1. n. One who howls.
Definition of Howler
1. Noun. An animal which howls, such as a wolf or a howler monkey ¹
2. Noun. (Chiefly British) A painfully obvious mistake ¹
3. Noun. A hilarious joke ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Howler
1. one that howls [n -S] - See also: howls
Medical Definition of Howler
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1. One who howls.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Howler
Literary usage of Howler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the by Charles Waterton (1879)
"The Red howler.—Roast monkey.—The Nondescript.—Altered physiognomy.—Gold and
silver mines.—Changes of government.—Politics. —India-rubber. ..."
2. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"He is the Prairie Wolf, so called because he is a lover of the great open plains
and not of the deep forests like his big cousin, howler the Timber Wotf. ..."
3. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"Next we come to the famous group of the howler monkeys, animals celebrated for
the harsh and discordant cries which they continually utter from dusk to dawn ..."
4. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"... and most resplendent butterflies and beetles down to the tiniest and most
YELLOW-TAII.ED howler AND YOUNG. ferocious ants, jiggers, mosquitoes, ticks, ..."
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