Definition of "guariba" [guariba]

• A howling monkey. See araguato. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“Wait a little,” answered Benito; “Mr. Torres, if I remember aright; it was you who, in the forest of Iquitos, got into difficulties with a guariba?”"
• "He ran at top speed, entangling himself in the high undergrowth, among those thick brambles and interlacing creepers, across which the guariba passed like a steeplechaser."
• "Then in his fury, in his folly, Torres apostrophized the guariba."