aoto
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈo.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈo.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈo.tu/
- Hyphenation: a‧o‧to
Noun
aoto m (plural aotos)
- (zoology) The name given to several species of monkeys of the cebidae family, of the genus Aotus, with nocturnal habits, found in Central and South America.
- Synonym: macaco-da-noite
Further reading
- “aoto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025