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Noun: howler  haw-lu(r)
  1. [informal] A glaring blunder
     
  2. A joke that seems extremely funny
    - belly laugh, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, scream [informal], wow, riot [informal]
     
  3. Monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
    - howler monkey

Derived forms: howlers

Type of: bloomer [informal], blooper [N. Amer, informal], blue [Austral, NZ, informal], blunder, boner [N. Amer, informal], boob [Brit, informal], boo-boo [informal], botch, bungle, flub [N. Amer, informal], foul-up, gag, goof [informal], jape, jest, joke, laugh, New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, pratfall [informal]

Part of: Alouatta, genus Alouatta

Encyclopedia: Howler

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