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baboon

[ ba-boonor, especially British, buh- ]

noun

  1. any of various large, terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle, large cheek pouches, and a short tail.
  2. a coarse, ridiculous, or brutish person, especially one of low intelligence.


baboon

/ bəˈbuːn /

noun

  1. any of several medium-sized omnivorous Old World monkeys of the genus Papio (or Chaeropithecus ) and related genera, inhabiting open rocky ground or wooded regions of Africa. They have an elongated muzzle, large teeth, and a fairly long tail See also hamadryas gelada
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of baboon1

1275–1325; Middle English baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle, late Middle English: baboon (compare Anglo-Latin babevynus ) < Middle French babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip, derivative of an expressive base *bab- grimace
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Word History and Origins

Origin of baboon1

C14 babewyn gargoyle, later, baboon, from Old French babouin , from baboue grimace; related to Old French babine a thick lip
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The counseling business she leads connects those would-be travelers with a breadth of possibilities, such as baboon research and language immersion.

Her study subjects have included captive rhesus macaques and wild baboons.

The population of baboons that I study in Kenya actually sits right at the edge of where the ranges of two different species of baboons meet.

Baby chimpanzees and baboons cling to the fronts or wide backs of their mothers.

“I find ‘the baboon’ suits him better than his real name,” she adds caustically.

In the book, Strauss-Kahn is identified only as the “pig,” “baboon,” or “baboon-man.”

She writes, “the baboon-man is my psoriasis... an illness that sticks to the skin and only wakes up when you no longer expect it.”

I am an Afrikaner and I want to show that baboon Julius Malema.

A country squire introduced his baboon, in clerical habits, to say grace.

The baboon immediately came down, and it was remarkable how he brought down the basket without upsetting it.

An officer who was visiting Le Vaillant, wishing to try the affection of the baboon for his master, pretended to strike him.

The papio, the first baboon; the mandrill, the second; and the ouanderou, the third.

They have a long muzzle, a short tail, and are nearly of the same size as the baboon, but their hind parts seem to be more feeble.

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