ateles Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun spider monkeys
    genus Ateles.

WordNet

At"e*les noun
Etymology
Gr. incomplete; priv. + completion.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

Webster 1913