douroucouli

1. 1.

   nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur

   SynonymsAotus trivirgatus

   BroaderNew World monkey

   Part ofAotus

Other forms of douroucouli

plural

douroucoulis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about douroucouli

What does douroucouli mean?

douroucouli means "nocturnal monkey of Central America and South America with large eyes and thick fur".

How many syllables are in douroucouli?

douroucouli has 4 syllables: dou-rou-cou-li. The stress falls on "rou".

What is another word for douroucouli?

Close synonyms include Aotus trivirgatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is douroucouli a common word?

douroucouli is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.