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hamadryas baboon

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hama·​dry·​as baboon | \ ˌha-mə-ˈdrī-əs- How to pronounce hamadryas baboon (audio) \

Definition of hamadryas baboon

: a baboon (Papio hamadryas) that has a reddish-pink muzzle and a large bare patch of pink skin on each buttock and that was venerated by the ancient Egyptians

— called also sacred baboon

Examples of hamadryas baboon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 At California’s Oakland Zoo, a troop of hamadryas baboons seemed listless, with many of them in hiding at the height of a partial eclipse there that darkened the skies like sunset. — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, "Millions in U.S. Look Skyward During Solar Eclipse," 21 Aug. 2017

First Known Use of hamadryas baboon

circa 1890, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hamadryas baboon

New Latin hamadryas, from Latin

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