proboscis monkey

1. 1.

   Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose

   SynonymsNasalis larvatus

   BroaderOld World monkey

Questions about proboscis monkey

What does proboscis monkey mean?

proboscis monkey means "Borneo monkey having a long bulbous nose".

What is another word for proboscis monkey?

Close synonyms include Nasalis larvatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proboscis monkey a common word?

proboscis monkey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.