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colobus
(käl′ə bəs)
noun
any of a genus (Colobus) of thumbless, long-haired, black and white African monkeys
Origin: 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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