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ba·boon
(bă-bo͞on′)n.
1. Any of several large terrestrial African and Arabian monkeys of the genus Papio, having an elongated doglike muzzle and bare calluses on the buttocks.
2. Slang A brutish person; a boor.
[Middle English babewin, from Old French babuin, gaping figure, gargoyle, baboon, perhaps blend of Old French babine, muzzle, and babau, grimace.]
ba·boon′er·y n.
ba·boon′ish adj.
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baboon
(bəˈbuːn)n
[C14: babewyn gargoyle, later, baboon, from Old French babouin, from baboue grimace; related to Old French babine a thick lip]
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ba•boon
(bæˈbun; esp. Brit. bə-)n.
any of various large terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle.
[1275–1325; Middle English baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle (late Middle English: baboon) < Middle French babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip]
ba•boon′er•y, n.
ba•boon′ish, adj.
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ba·boon
(bă-bo͞on′) Any of several large terrestrial monkeys of Africa and Asia. Baboons have a dog-like muzzle, a short tail, and bare calluses on the buttocks.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together 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 |
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Translations
الربّاح: سَعدان فريقي
pavián
bavian
paviaani
pávián
bavíanbavíanihundapi
babuinas
paviāns
babian
nyani
şebekHabeş maymunu
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baboon
n → Pavian m
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baboon
(bəˈbuːn) , ((American) ba-) noun a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face.
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