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colobus monkey

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col·o·bus monkey   (kŏl'ə-bəs, kə-lō'-)   
n.  Any of various large African monkeys of the genus Colobus having a long tail and vestigial thumbs.

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