monkey — monkeyish, adj. monkeyishly, adv. monkeyishness, n. /mung kee/, n., pl. monkeys, v., monkeyed, monkeying. n. 1. any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes,… … Universalium
Colobus polycomus — King King, n. [AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[ o]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Colobus guereza — Guereza Gue*re za, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey ({Colobus guereza}), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colobus — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a slender leaf eating African monkey with silky fur. ORIGIN from Greek kolobos curtailed (with reference to its shortened thumbs) … English terms dictionary
colobus — /kol euh beuhs, keuh loh /, n., pl. colobuses, colobi / buy , buy/. any of several large, slender African monkeys of the genus Colobus, lacking thumbs and having long silky fur of black and white (C. polykomos), black and reddish brown (C.… … Universalium
Monkey drive — A monkey drive is an operation where large numbers of wild monkeys are rounded up and killed in order to protect agriculture such as crops, planted rice, banana and citrus fruit trees. Monkey drives have been reported in Sierra Leone, where they… … Wikipedia
colobus monkey — karališkasis kolobusas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Colobus polykomos angl. black and white colobus; colobus monkey; pied colobus; southern black and white colobus; western black and white colobus… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
colobus monkey — noun arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs • Syn: ↑colobus • Hypernyms: ↑Old World monkey, ↑catarrhine • Hyponyms: ↑guereza, ↑Colobus guereza … Useful english dictionary
Colobus angolensis — Colobo angoleño … Wikipedia Español
Colobus guereza — noun a colobus monkey with a reddish brown coat and white silky fringes down both sides of the body • Syn: ↑guereza • Hypernyms: ↑colobus, ↑colobus monkey … Useful english dictionary
colobus monkey — Any of 10 species of long tailed, essentially thumbless African Old World monkeys in the genus Colobus (family Cercopithecidae). Colobus monkeys are diurnal, generally gregarious vegetarians. They make long leaps from tree to tree. The four… … Universalium