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单词 colobus
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
col•o•bus  (kol′ə bəs, kə lō′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bus•es, -bi 
    (-bī′, -bī).USA pronunciation 
  1. Zoology, Mammalsany of several large, slender African monkeys of the genus Colobus, lacking thumbs and having long silky fur of black and white (C. polykomos), black and reddish-brown (C. badius), or olive (C. verus): now dwindling.
  • Greek kolobós docked, maimed; so named from the mutilated appearance of the thumbless hands
  • Neo-Latin, the genus name
  • 1811

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
colobus /ˈkɒləbəs/ n
  1. any leaf-eating arboreal Old World monkey of the genus Colobus, of W and central Africa, having a slender body, long silky fur, long tail, and reduced or absent thumbs
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, from Greek kolobos cut short; referring to its thumb
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