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baboon definition

ba·boon (ba bo̵̅o̅n′, bə-)

noun

any of various large, fierce, short-tailed Old World monkeys (mainly genus Papio) of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike snout and long teeth, a large head with cheek pouches, and bare calluses on the rump

Etymology: ME babewyne < OFr babuin, ape, fool < baboue, lip (of animals) < bab, echoic: see babble

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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