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GENUS COLOBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Colobus mean?
• GENUS COLOBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS COLOBUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Cercopithecidae
Familiarity information: GENUS COLOBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Cercopithecidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Colobus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Colobus"):
colobus; colobus monkey (arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs)
Holonyms ("genus Colobus" is a member of...):
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)
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