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baboon

ba·boon [ ba-ˈbün]

baboon

noun

[ba-ˈbün]

Definition of baboon

: any of a genus (Papio) of large gregarious primates of Africa and southwestern Asia having a long square naked muzzle
also : any of several closely related primates

Recent Examples on the Web

//Think: Mufasa poised on the ledge of a stone outcropping, with Rafiki the baboon godfather next to him hoisting little Simba aloft for all the elephants, giraffes, zebras, meerkats and warthogs below to admire.
— Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, "Jefferson: Economic development — or a giveaway of tax dollars?," 7 Nov. 2019
//His adventures include encounters with hyenas (Shenzi, Banzai and Ed), birds (Zazu), a gassy warthog (Pumbaa), meerkat (Timon), a baboon who doubles as a shaman (Rafiki), an evil lion (Scar) and several others.
— Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "Simba, Zazu and Scar are heading to Louisville with Disney's 'The Lion King' on Broadway," 25 Oct. 2019
//Snap close-up shots of the resident cheetahs and baboons, and zoom out to photograph large herds of zebras and springbok.
— National Geographic, "Namibia Expedition: Desert Safari and Big Cat Conservation," 15 Sep. 2019
//The few other bones in the cave came from various bovid species, a fox, and even some baboons (which forage in the high grasslands of the Ethiopian plateau and sleep on cliffside ledges).
— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "The first people to live at high elevations snacked on giant mole rats," 9 Aug. 2019
//One looks like a person, another a jackal, a baboon, and a hawk.
— National Geographic, "Episode 6: Harem Conspiracy Papyrus," 16 July 2019
//Surrounding areas were locked down and law enforcement was forced to shoot tigers, lions, bears, baboons and other animals.
— Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, "Crocodile found, killed in Ohio creek," 16 Aug. 2019
//The thing was an obvious fake—it had been stitched together out of parts of an orangutan, a baboon, and some kind of salmon—but that was a minor matter.
— Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, "What P. T. Barnum Understood About America," 29 July 2019
//Several nice lodges overlook the channel, where guests can watch baboons and waterbuck and African fish eagles from the decks of their thatch-roofed bandas.
— Tom Hanscom, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Wildlife rebound in Uganda," 11 July 2019

First Known Use of baboon

15th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for baboon

Middle English babewin, from Middle French babouin, from baboue grimace

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