Ateles

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ateles \At"e*les\, n. [Gr. ? incomplete; 'a priv. + ?
     completion.] (Zool.)
     A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having
     the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See {Spider monkey}, and
     {Coaita}.
     [1913 Webster] Atelets sauce



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ateles
       n : spider monkeys [syn: {genus Ateles}]