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Word: Colobus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from Greek kolobos ‘cut short’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒləbəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slender leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs.
Short Definition:slender leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur
Variant Forms:
- colobus monkey
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