Colobus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Colobus is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- colobuses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include guereza, colobine, colobinan, colobid, douc, cobego.
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