Noun howler has 3 senses
  1. belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot - a joke that seems extremely funny
    --1 is a kind of joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
    Derived form: verb howl4
  2. howler monkey, howler - monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
    --2 is a kind of New World monkey, platyrrhine
    --2 is a member of Alouatta, genus Alouatta
    Derived form: verb howl2
  3. howler - a glaring blunder
    --3 is a kind of
    blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
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