Definition of "coaita" []

• Any of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, especially Atelex paniscus. (noun)

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• "It is not so large indeed as the coaita (Simia paniscus); but when seen at the top of a tree, and the head only visible, it might easily be taken for a human being."
• "There are several species of them known -- the coaita, the white-faced, the black cayou, the beelzebub, the chamek, the black-handed, and the marimonda."
• "Among the most curious of the monkey tribe are the ateles, or spider-monkeys, -- called also Cebidae, and, by the natives sapajous, one of the species of the coaita, or quata."