Etymology

colobus

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Today it means: Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus. Full definition →

translingual Colobus
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromColobus
  2. English todaycolobus

Borrowed from translingual Colobus, from the genus name.

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