baboon

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

baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → babouin m

baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → Pavian m

baboon [bəˈbuːn] n → babbuino

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baboon

n baboon [bəˈbuːn, (American ) ba-]

a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face. bobbejaanالربّاح: سَعدان فريقيпавианpaviánbaviander Pavianείδος μεγάλου πιθήκουmandrilpaavianبوزینه؛ بابونpaviaanibabouinבַּבּוּןकुत्ते जैसे चेहरे वाला बड़ा बन्दरpavijanpáviánbabunbavíanbabbuinoひひ비비(ƒ ƒ)babuinaspaviānsbabunbaviaanbavianpawianbabuínobabuinбабуинpaviánpavijanpavijanbabianลิงบาบูนHabeş maymunu, şebek狒狒бабуїнلنگور، بندر کی ایک قسمkhỉ đầu chó狒狒