ouarine

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

French ouarine (which see for more), from the same source as English guariba.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

ouarine (plural ouarines)

  1. A howler monkey (Alouatta spp.).

Related terms[edit]

  • warine (anglicized form of this word)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jas. Platt, Jun., in The Athenaeum, number 3840, 1 June 1901, page 695-696
  2. ^ New English Dictionary, volume 7, O–P (1909): ouarine

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A misreading of ouariue (i.e. ouarive), from the same source as English guariba.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

ouarine

  1. ouarine

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: ouarine
  • → English: warine

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jas. Platt, Jun., in The Athenaeum, number 3840, 1 June 1901, page 695-696
  2. ^ New English Dictionary, volume 7, O–P (1909): ouarine
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