Colobus

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.

    "Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us."

  2. 2
    arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs wordnet

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colobus monkey

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"Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Colobus, from the genus name.

Related phrases

red colobus

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