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proboscis monkey
noun
- a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
proboscis monkey
noun
- an Old World monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, with an elongated bulbous nose
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proboscis monkey1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
Indeed, you can tell pretty well how old a male proboscis-monkey is just by glancing at his nose.
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Next we come to a group of animals called dog-shaped monkeys, and the most curious of them all is the proboscis-monkey.
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Thus let us take for an example the proboscis monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus nasalis).
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Now every fellow knows what a proboscis monkey is, as he did not before except by name.
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We do not know much about the habits of the proboscis-monkey.
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