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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
(Animals) 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
[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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.baboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzlesbaboon - 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
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Translations
الربّاح: سَعدان فريقي
pavián
bavian
paviaani
pávián
bavíanbavíanihundapi
babuinas
paviāns
babian
nyani
şebekHabeş maymunu

baboon

[bəˈbuːn] Nbabuino m
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baboon

[bæˈbuːn] n (= ape) → babouin m
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baboon

nPavian m
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baboon

[bəˈbuːn] nbabbuino
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baboon

(bəˈbuːn) , ((American) ba-) noun
a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face.
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References in classic literature ?
Let anti-masques not be long; they have been commonly of fools, satyrs, baboons, wild-men, antics, beasts, sprites, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, Cupids, statuas moving, and the like.
He found hundreds and thousands of monkeys sick--gorillas, orangoutangs, chimpanzees, dog-faced baboons, marmosettes, gray monkeys, red ones--all kinds.
They were too high to feel much fear of Sheeta; but there was always Histah, the snake, to strike terror to one's soul, and the great baboons who lived near-by, and who, while never attacking always bared their fangs and barked at any of the trio when they passed near them.
It was, indeed, a troop of very formidable baboons of the dog-faced species.
Although he could not see through walls, he got the smells he was later to identify of lions, leopards, monkeys, baboons, and seals and sea-lions.
Raffles, walking with the uneasy gait of a town loiterer obliged to do a bit of country journeying on foot, looked as incongruous amid this moist rural quiet and industry as if he had been a baboon escaped from a menagerie.
If you wait you shall see my mark upon the forehead of yon grinning baboon," replied the outlaw, pointing a mailed finger at one who had been seated close to De Leybourn.
He has a passion also for Indian animals, which are sent over to him by a correspondent, and he has at this moment a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master.
You understand, my dear girl," continued D'Artagnan, "she is the wife of that frightful baboon you saw at the door as you came in."
True -- a baboon; but by no means the less a deity.
He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo - or a Begum.
Here might be seen the Savage Man, well known in heraldry, hairy as a baboon, and girdled with green leaves.