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colobus definition

colo·bus (käl′ə bəs)

noun

any of a genus (Colobus) of thumbless, long-haired, black and white African monkeys

Etymology: ModL < Gr kolobos, curtailed, docked (akin to kolos, maimed: for IE base see holt): prob. so named because of the absent or rudimentary thumbs

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