Lexicographical Neighbors of Colobi
Literary usage of Colobi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbuch der alten Geographie by Albert Forbiger (1844)
"Völkerschaften in der Richtung von NW. nach SO. : die colobi (Ko- Ao/?oi)47) am
Vgb. ... colobi ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"... as we have stated, this complex form of stomach does not exist; but on the
contrary, we have reason to believe that it obtains in the colobi, as it does ..."
3. American Types of Animal Life by St. George Jackson Mivart (1891)
"Several species of colobi are very notable for their wonderfully handsome fur
... Their Indian allies have very feebly developed thumbs, but the colobi are ..."
4. A Guide to the Exhibition Galleries by British Museum (1880)
"... and colobi of the Old World are Monkey- with long tails ; one of the most ...
and the colobi, so called from their fore-hands wanting the thumb; ..."
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