Definitions of baboon [æˈbun;]

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Definition of 'baboon'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) baboon
any of various large terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle (late ME: baboon) < MF babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip)

Definition of 'baboon'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) baboon
large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

Definition of 'baboon'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) baboon
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

Translation of 'baboon'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face.
Afrikaans: bobbejaan	Arabic: الربّاح: سَعدان فريقي	Bulgarian: павиан
Brazilian: babuíno	Czech: pavián	German: der Pavian
Danish: bavian	Greek: είδος μεγάλου πιθήκου	Spanish: mandril
Estonian: paavian	Farsi: بوزینه؛ بابون	Finnish: paviaani
French: babouin	Hebrew: בַּבּוּן	Hindi: कुत्ते जैसे चेहरे वाला बड
Croatian: pavijan	Hungarian: pávián	Indonesian: babun
Icelandic: bavían	Italian: babbuino	Japanese: ひひ
Korean: 비비 원숭이	Lithuanian: babuinas	Latvian: paviāns
Malay: babun	Dutch: baviaan	Norwegian: bavian
Polish: pawian	Persian: بوزینه؛ بابون	Pashto: بابون، يو ډول غټه بېزو چي
Portuguese: babuíno	Romanian: babuin	Russian: бабуин
Slovak: pavián	Slovenian: pavijan	Serbian: pavijan
Swedish: babian	Thai: ลิงบาบูน	Turkish: Habeş maymunu, şebek
Taiwanese: 狒狒	Ukrainian: бабуїн	Urdu: لنگور، بندر کی ایک قسم
Vietnamese: khỉ đầu chó	Chinese: 狒狒
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