baboon (redirected from Baboons)

ba·boon  (b-bn)

n.

1. Any of several large terrestrial African and Asian monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae, especially of the genus Papio or Chaeropithecus and related genera, characterized by an elongated, doglike muzzle, a short tail, and bare calluses on the buttocks.

2. Slang A brutish person; a boor.

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[Middle English babewin, from Old French babuin, gaping figure, gargoyle, baboon, perhaps blend of Old French babine, muzzle, and babau, grimace.]

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ba·booner·y n.

ba·boonish adj.

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baboon

Noun

a medium-sized monkey with a long face, large teeth, and a fairly long tail [Middle English babewyn gargoyle]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together chacma, chacma baboon, Papio ursinus - greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx - baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters Mandrillus leucophaeus, drill - similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored

Translations

baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → mandril m

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baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → babouin m

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baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → Pavian m

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baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → babbuino

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baboon

n baboon [bəˈbuːn, (American ) ba-]

a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face. bobbejaan الربّاح: سَعدان فريقي павиан pavián bavian der Pavian είδος μεγάλου πιθήκου mandril paavian بوزینه؛ بابون paviaani babouin בַּבּוּן कुत्ते जैसे चेहरे वाला बड़ा बन्दर pavijan pávián babun bavían babbuino ひひ 비비(ƒ ƒ) babuinas paviāns babun baviaan bavian pawian babuíno babuin бабуин pavián pavijan pavijan babian ลิงบาบูน Habeş maymunu, şebek 狒狒 бабуїн لنگور، بندر کی ایک قسم khỉ đầu chó 狒狒