COLOBUS MONKEY


Meaning of COLOBUS MONKEY in English

[col.o.bus monkey] n [NL colobus, fr. Gk kolobos docked, mutilated, fr. kolos docked; prob. akin to Gk klan to break--more at clast] (1889): any of various long-tailed African monkeys (genus Colobus and related genera)--called also colobus

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