colobine

noun

col·​o·​bine ˈkä-lə-bən 

-ˌbīn

variants or less commonly colobin

ˈkä-lə-bən

plural colobines also colobins

: colobus sense 2

—often used before another noun

Sloths, colobine monkeys and some types of antelope have gut bacteria that are finely tuned to digest only a selective repertoire of leaves.

—Fiona Sunquist, International Wildlife, January–February 1991

Word History

Etymology

French, from New Latin Colobinae (subfamily of apes), from Colobus type genus + -inae

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