colobine

col o bine |ˈkäləˌbīn, -bin ˈkɑləbaɪn | ▶noun Zoology an Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys. [Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithecidae. ] ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin Colobinae, based on Greek kolobos ‘curtailed. ’

colobine

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