colobine
/ˈkɒləbʌɪn
/noun Zoology
An Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys.
- Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithicidae.
- There were five primate lineages studied here: hominoids, colobines, cercopithecines, platyrrhines (New World monkeys), and lemurs.
- 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'.
- head of hair
- head of house
- head of state
- head-on
- head (or cut) someone/thing off at the pass
- head over heels
- head penny
- headphone
- headpiece
- head-place
- head-plate
- headpost
- head pump
- headquarter
- headquarters
- head race
- headrail
- head-reach
- head register
- head rent
- head resistance
- headrest
- head restraint
- headrig
- headright