muriqui

Borrowed from Portuguese muriqui from Old Tupi mbyryki.

muriqui (plural muriquis)

1. A kind of monkey of the genus Brachyteles, found in Brazilian forests.
   • 1992, Karen B. Strier, Faces in the Forest: The Endangered Muriqui Monkeys of Brazil:

     Finally, if muriquis are strongly folivorous, they should conserve energy expenditure by using a relatively small area with just enough leaf sources to meet their nutritional needs, and devote a large proportion of their day to resting.

• woolly spider monkey

• buriqui

Borrowed from Old Tupi mbyryki.

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: mu‧ri‧qui

muriqui m (plural muriquis)

1. muriqui (any monkey of the genus Brachyteles)

• → English: muriqui