howler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: howler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for howler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
howler n a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot] monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry Synonym(s): howler monkey, howler a glaring blunder
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Howler \Howl"er\, n. 1. One who howls. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any South American monkey of the genus {Mycetes}. Many species are known. They are arboreal in their habits, and are noted for the loud, discordant howling in which they indulge at night.