Meaning of leaf monkey | Babel Free
Definitions
Any of various leaf-eating, arboreal Asian monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae of family Cercopithecidae, related to and including the langurs.
Equivalents
Suomi
sureli
Examples
“White-headed leaf monkey (T. leiwocephalus) is also restricted to southern Guangxi.”
“The banded leaf monkey (Presbytis femoralis) is a very shy animal and keeps to the canopy.”
“Oh, a Francois' leaf monkey, about 2 years old, was looking at him sadly and giving a mournful wail. Its left hand was bleeding. Without a second thought, the highlander held the leaf monkey in his arms and hurried back home.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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