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.

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