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Definition of Proboscis monkey
1. Noun. Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proboscis Monkey
Literary usage of Proboscis monkey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"proboscis monkey.—Time required for Deposition of Strata necessary for Darwinian
Evolution.—High Organization of Silurian Forms of Life. ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"It is evident however, from the silence of M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire respecting
the laryngeal sacculus in the proboscis monkey, that he was not aware of the ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"NASA'LIS (Geoffroy), a remarkable genus of Monkeys established on the ' Guenon
ïi long Nez ' of Buffon, the Proboscis-Monkey of Shaw, ..."
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