colobus monkey

col·o·bus monkey  (kl-bs, k-l-)

n.

Any of various large African monkeys of the genus Colobus having a long tail and vestigial thumbs.

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[New Latin Colobus, genus name, from Greek kolobos, maimed (from the appearance of its hands).]

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colobus monkey - arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs colobus catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together genus Colobus - a genus of Cercopithecidae Colobus guereza, guereza - a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body