colobuses
colobuses is the plural of colobus.
Meaning of colobus
Noun
colobus (plural colobuses or colobi)
- Any of several African monkeys of the genera Colobus, Piliocolobus, and Procolobus.
- Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us.2019 January 29, Melvin Konner, “A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2019
- Synonyms:
- colobus monkey
Phrases with colobuses
Questions about colobuses
- What is colobuses the plural of?
- Colobuses is the plural of colobus.
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