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chac·ma

 (chăk′mə)
n.
A grayish to dark brown or black baboon (Papio ursinus) of southern Africa, having a distinctively downward-pointing face.
[Possibly of Khokhoin origin.]
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chacma

(ˈtʃækmə)
n
(Animals) a baboon, Papio (or Chaeropithecus) ursinus, having coarse greyish hair and occurring in southern and eastern Africa
[C19: from Khoikhoi]
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chac•ma

(ˈtʃæk mə)

n., pl. -mas.
a large, brown-gray baboon, Papio ursinus, of S Africa.
[1825–35; (< Dutch) < Khoikhoi]
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Noun1.chacma - greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africachacma - greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa
chacma baboon, Papio ursinus
baboon - large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
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