Miss Waldron's red colobus

noun

Piliocolobus waldronae, a red colobus native to West Africa.

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Meanings

nounMiss Waldron's red colobus (plural Miss Waldron's red colobuses)

plural Miss Waldron's red colobuses

  1. Piliocolobus waldronae, a red colobus native to West Africa.

Origin

Discovered in December 1933 by Willoughby P. Lowe, who named it after a fellow museum employee, Miss Fanny Waldron, a colleague on the expedition.

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APA

Miss Waldron's red colobus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Miss%20Waldron's%20red%20colobus

MLA

“Miss Waldron's red colobus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Miss%20Waldron's%20red%20colobus. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Miss Waldron's red colobus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Miss%20Waldron's%20red%20colobus.

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