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araguato

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aragua-to
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).

Etymology

From or cognate to French araguate (whence the rare older English spelling araguate), likely from Cariban; compare Kari'na arawata and the other cognates listed at alouatte. The Century Dictionary suggests a possible relation to guariba and/or araba (an obsolete word for a howler monkey of the genus Mycetes). On the other hand, Merriam-Webster attributes it to Cariban.

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Inflected Forms

araguatos (plural)

Questions

What does araguato mean?
A South American howler monkey, the ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea).
Where does araguato come from?
It is traced to French.

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