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colobus monkey
col·o·bus monkey C0485700 (kŏl′ə-bəs, kə-lō′-)n. Any of various large, predominantly leaf-eating African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus, having a long tail and vestigial thumbs.
[New Latin Colobus, genus name, from Greek kolobos, maimed (from the appearance of its hands).]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  colobus monkey - arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbscolobuscatarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close togethergenus Colobus - a genus of CercopithecidaeColobus guereza, guereza - a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body |
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Synonyms for colobus monkeynoun arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbsSynonymsRelated Words- catarrhine
- Old World monkey
- genus Colobus
- Colobus guereza
- guereza
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