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proboscis monkeys

proboscis monkeys is the plural of proboscis monkey.

Meaning of proboscis monkey

Noun

proboscis monkey (plural proboscis monkeys)

  1. A reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey, of species Nasalis larvatus, with an unusually large nose, endemic to Borneo.
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Questions about proboscis monkeys

What is proboscis monkeys the plural of?
Proboscis monkeys is the plural of proboscis monkey.

Words near proboscis monkeys in the dictionary

  1. probosciform
  2. probosciformed
  3. proboscipedia
  4. proboscis
  5. proboscis monkey
  6. proboscis monkeys
  7. proboscis worm
  8. proboscis worms
  9. proboscises
  10. proboscisless
  11. proboscislike

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