baboon
n.
any of a number of large monkeys having large cheek pouches and a short tail (found in Africa and Arabia)
Baboon
The five baboon species are some of the largest non-
hominid members of the
primate order; only the
Mandrill and the
Drill are larger. In modern scientific use, only members of the genus Papio are called baboons, but previously the closely related
Gelada (genus
Theropithecus) and two species of Mandrill and Drill (genus
Mandrillus) were grouped in the same genus, and these monkeys are still often referred to as baboons in everyday speech. The word "baboon" comes from "babouin", the name given to them by the French naturalist
Buffon. The baboon held several positions in Egyptian mythology. The baboon god Baba, was worshipped in Pre-Dynastic times; alternatively, this may be the origin of the animal's name. Papio belongs to family
Cercopithecidae, in subfamily
Cercopithecinae.
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baboon
Noun
1. large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
(hypernym) Old World monkey, catarrhine
(hyponym) chacma, chacma baboon, Papio ursinus
Baboon
(n.)
One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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large monkey with dog like face