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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon, baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, and proboscis monkey.
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- noun Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
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Colobus cercopithecidae (red colobus monkey) is sold for about US$200.
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