What is "howling monkey"

Howl \Howl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled; p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.] [OE. houlen, hulen; akin to D. huilen, MHG. hiulen, hiuweln, OHG. hiuwil[=o]n to exult, h?wo owl, Dan. hyle to howl.]

1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.

   And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
   --Drayton.

   Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.
   --Shak.

2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.

   Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.
   --Is. xiii. 6.

3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.

   Wild howled the wind.
   --Sir W. Scott.

   Howling monkey. (Zo["o]l.) See Howler, 2.

   Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts.
   --Deut. xxxii. 10.