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单词 colobine
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Definition of colobine in English:

colobine

noun ˈkɒləbʌɪnˈkäləˌbīn
Zoology
  • An Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys.

    Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithicidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two top models differ in class allocation for a single branch - the ancestor of colobines and cercopithecines.
    • Among Asian colobines are Borneo's proboscis monkey, the Chinese snub-nosed monkeys and langurs, such as the douc of South-east Asia.
    • The RNase1 gene was duplicated twice in ancestral ruminants at least 40 MYA, and it was also duplicated in the douc langur, an Asian colobine, approximately 4 MYA.
    • Notably, the postcrania of these fossil cercopithecines and colobines are quite similar (unlike the situation today) and suggest semi-terrestrial habits.
    • There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.

Origin

1950s: from modern Latin Colobinae, based on Greek kolobos 'cut short'.

 
 

Definition of colobine in US English:

colobine

nounˈkäləˌbīn
Zoology
  • An Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys.

    Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithecidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.
    • Notably, the postcrania of these fossil cercopithecines and colobines are quite similar (unlike the situation today) and suggest semi-terrestrial habits.
    • The two top models differ in class allocation for a single branch - the ancestor of colobines and cercopithecines.
    • Among Asian colobines are Borneo's proboscis monkey, the Chinese snub-nosed monkeys and langurs, such as the douc of South-east Asia.
    • The RNase1 gene was duplicated twice in ancestral ruminants at least 40 MYA, and it was also duplicated in the douc langur, an Asian colobine, approximately 4 MYA.

Origin

1950s: from modern Latin Colobinae, based on Greek kolobos ‘cut short’.

 
 
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