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单词 colobine
释义 colobine, a. and n. Zool.|ˈkɒləbaɪn, -iːn|
[f. mod.L. Colobinae, f. generic name Colobus (see colobus n.): see -ine1.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the subfamily Colobinae (family Cercopithecidae) of mainly leaf-eating Old World monkeys, characterized by a complex sacculated stomach and the absence of cheek pouches.
B. n. A monkey of the subfamily Colobinae; a leaf-monkey.
1958W. C. O. Hill in H. Hofer et al. Primatologia III. 155 The peculiar features of the colobine stomach are adumbrated at a very early period in prenatal life.1967J. R. & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. v. 24 (in figure) Colobines.1968Nature 16 Nov. 658/2 Compared with cercopithecines, the colobines have high, sharp cusps and interconnecting lophs.1970J. R. Napier in J. R. & P. H. Napier Old World Monkeys 79 Colobines are essentially arboreally adapted in locomotion and diet.1984Encycl. Mammals I. 399 The greatest concentrations of colobine species are in Borneo with six species..; and in northeastern Indochina and West and Central Africa, each with three species.1988Sci. Amer. Feb. 14/3 The same digestive specializations arose independently in the leaf-eating colobine monkeys.
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