colobus

Noun

col=o=bus

WORDNET DICTIONARY

colobus(n = noun.animal) colobus monkey - arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs;

is a kind of catarrhine, old world monkey

is a member of genus colobus

has particulars: colobus guereza, guereza

colobus, n. any leaf-eating monkey of the genus Colobus, native to Africa, having shortened thumbs.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk kolobos docked