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Baboon definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BABOON', n. A monkey of the largest species; a quadruped belonging to the genus Simia, in the class Mammalia, and order Primates, according to the system of Linne; but by Pennant arranged under the digitated quadrupeds. Baboons have short tails; a long face; a broad high muzzle; dog-like tusks, or canine teeth; and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are found only on the eastern continent.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English babewin, from Middle French babouin, from baboue grimace Date: 15th century 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 any of various large Old World monkeys of the genus Papio, having a long doglike snout, large teeth, and naked callosities on the buttocks. 2 an ugly or uncouth person. Etymology: ME f. OF babuin or med.L babewynus, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Baboon Bab*oon", n. [OE. babewin, baboin, fr.F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babin lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(baboons) A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa. N-COUNT