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n. 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.

n. Slang A brutish person; a boor.

n. Mostly African primates. One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.

n. One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See mandrill, and chacma, and drill an ape.

n. A quadrumanous animal of the old world, of the subfamily Cynopithecinæ, and especially of either of the genera Cynocephalus (or Papio) and Mandrilla (or Mormon).

n. large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

"He claims that he was called a "baboon" and a "criminal" in a unit where racist language was allegedly commonplace."

catarrhine    old world monkey   

chacma   

mandrill    chacma    drill   

mandrillus sphinx    papio ursinus    mandrill    chacma    mandrillus leucophaeus    drill    chacma baboon   

baboonery   

Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   

gorilla    chimpanzee    ape    hyena    monkey    panther    porcupine    jackal    boar    rhino