Colobus Synonyms

käləbəs
Arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. colobus monkey

Words Related to Colobus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. vervet
  2. guereza
  3. bushbuck
  4. cercopithecus
  5. klipspringer
  6. lemur
  7. langur
  8. baboons
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Colobus Sentence Examples

  • Among the species of monkeys only one interests to any extent the fur trade, and that is the black monkey taken on the west coast of Africa (Colobus satanas).

  • Colobus monkeys have long, smooth, shiny fur all over their body.

  • Other east African monkeys with a similar type of colouring, which, together with the wholly black west African C. satanas, collectively constitute the subgenus Guereza, may be included under the same title; and the name may be further extended to embrace all the African thumbless monkeys of the genus Colobus.

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