col·o·bine | \ ˈkä-lə-bən 
, -ˌbīn \
, -ˌbīn \variants:
or less commonly colobin \ ˈkä-lə-bən \
\ plural colobines also colobins
Definition of colobine
: colobus sense 2 —often used before another nounSloths, 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
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