COLOBUS


Meaning of COLOBUS in English

ˈkäləbəs noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kolobos docked, mutilated; from the rudimentary thumbs

1. capitalized : a genus of slender long-tailed African monkeys sometimes made the type of a separate family but usually included in the Cercopithecidae

2. plural colobi -ˌbī, -ˌbē : guereza

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