colobus

col o bus |ˈkäləbəs ˈkɑləbəs |(also colobus monkey ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) a slender, leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs. [Genera Colobus and Procolobus, family Cercopithecidae: several species. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kolobos ‘cut short. ’

colobus

colobus |ˈkɒləbəs |(also colobus monkey ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) a slender leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs. ●Genera Colobus and Procolobus, family Cercopithecidae: several species. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kolobos ‘cut short ’.