chacma
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chacma
First recorded in 1825–35; from Dutch or directly from Khoikhoi, first recorded as chöachamma (1691)
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"This young chacma baboon is sitting on its mother's back playing the fool."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
For example, previous studies discovered that female chacma baboons with strong social bonds outlived their less social counterparts.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2023
Baboons, you know, are Cynocephali or dog-headed monkeys; the species includes drills, mandrills, sphinx, chacma and hamadryas.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Richard Connell
It is of a brownish-yellow colour, while the chacma is greyish-black, or in parts black.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Having heard our guide once or twice exclaim, “If I had but a chacma here,” I at last asked him what a chacma was, and why he wanted one at that particular moment.
From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Emma Watts Phillips
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