mandrill
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man·drill
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Definition of mandrill
: a large baboon (Mandrillus sphinx synonym Papio sphinx) of central Africa west of the Congo River with the male having a bright red and blue muzzle
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The attention to detail is exquisite, from Timon’s jittery hands and random scratching fits to the water droplets hanging off the whiskers of wise mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) during a torrential rainstorm. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Review: Disney's new 'Lion King' revamp razzles and dazzles but feels all too familiar," 10 Apr. 2019 Both Simba and Kimba have, among their small circle of advisors, a wise, sagelike mandrill and a bird — Lion King's Zazu is a hornbill, Kimba's Pauly is a parrot. — Pete Keeley, The Hollywood Reporter, "Big Little Lions: Disney's New 'Lion King' Dodges the 'Kimba' Similarity Issue," 22 July 2019 The attention to detail is exquisite, from Timon’s jittery hands and random scratching fits to the water droplets hanging off the whiskers of wise mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) during a torrential rainstorm. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "Review: Disney's new 'Lion King' revamp razzles and dazzles but feels all too familiar," 10 Apr. 2019 The attention to detail is exquisite, from Timon’s jittery hands and random scratching fits to the water droplets hanging off the whiskers of wise mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) during a torrential rainstorm. — Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, "Visual majesty elevates live-action ‘Lion King’," 1 July 2019 At the other extreme, mandrill monkeys of western Africa live in hordes of several hundred individuals. — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, "A Primer to Our Planet of Monkeys," 12 June 2019 Photo by Tad Motoyama/Courtesy of L.A. Zoo The half-siblings are the first mandrill babies at the L.A. Zoo in over 40 years. — Lisa Beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, "The L.A. Zoo’s Mandrill Babies Are Here to Make You Believe Again," 26 Sep. 2017 Fortunately, in mandrills as in humans, social avoidance generally doesn’t last forever. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "Gut Check: Mandrills Sniff Poop to Avoid Peers With Parasites," 13 Apr. 2017 One stick held mandrill feces full of parasites, another mostly parasite-free poop. — National Geographic, "How Sniffing Poop Helps Monkeys Stay Healthy," 18 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mandrill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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