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Showing words for COLOBUS using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Colobus
colobus, subcool
6 Letter Words for Colobus
obolus
5 Letter Words for Colobus
blocs, bolos, bolus, bools, boucl, clous, clubs, cobol, colob, cools, lobos, lobus, locos, locus, obols, scolb
4 Letter Words for Colobus
bloc, bolo, bool, boos, bosc, boul, clos, clou, club, cobs, cols, cool, coos, coul, cubs, lobo, lobs, loco, loob, loos, obol, obos, obus, oslo, scob, scul, slob, sloo, slub, soco, solo, sool, soul
3 Letter Words for Colobus
blo, bls, boc, bol, boo, bos, bul, bus, clo, cob, col, coo, cos, cub, cul, lbs, lob, loc, loo, los, lsc, lub, luo, obl, obo, obs, oos, ous, sob, soc, sol, sou, sub, ubc
Definitions for Colobus
[1] 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. badius ), or olive (C. verus ): now dwindling.
[2] any leaf-eating arboreal Old World monkey of the genus Colobus, of W and central Africa, having a slender body, long silky fur, long tail, and reduced or absent thumbs
Words nearby Colobus
collywobbles, colmar, colo-, colo., coloboma, colobus, colocate, colocentesis, colocholecystostomy, colocolostomy, colocynth
Origin of Colobus
1811; < New Latin, the genus name < Greek kolobós docked, maimed; so named from the mutilated appearance of the thumbless hands
Word origin for Colobus
C19: New Latin, from Greek kolobos cut short; referring to its thumb