baboon
60
2.5
- noun
- /bəˈbuːn/
:
babuino
- I became as obsessed with food as the baboons were, even sampling their fare on occasion.
- a troop of baboons
- wild baboons
- young baboon
And it was his job to figure out when are baboons most stressed out.
- And it was his job to figure out when are baboons most stressed out.
- Because you see, the secret of Punt may lie with the mummified remains of baboons.
- There's an unforgettable story in here about a set of baboons as they move around humans in their morning commute cycle just to hunt for food.
- So Capuchins baboons, having just a few close female friends can increase the female's own longevity and the health and longevity of her offspring.
- So what was the story with the baboons, right?
- And he basically the baboon was like so smart.
- So you see that crazy looking jellyfish and he say, how the hell did a baboon and a jellyfish?
- And I started, I, I decided that I'd improvise with the baboon.
- When I was in Africa with the Haza, we haunted baboon.
- Like like like like they have that, like it's stuff like that baboon.
- Returning to the baboons and another biological turtle.
Examples
-
What we have here are two adult male baboons grooming each other.
-
Baboons are dangerous.
-
So what was the story with the baboons, right?
-
How do you decide which other baboons to listen to?
-
While traveling in northern Namibia, she encountered a baby female chacma baboon named Bobby.
Academic text (2007) -
Top photo: Young baboons play on a tree used as the sleeping place of Tito's Troop.
Academic text (2007) -
According to the first story, the baboons have an "instinctive" fear of precipitous heights.
Academic text (1995) -
Here's a here's a female olive baboon and notice this pink patch on a rump used as a signal.
-
Contemporary folk tales in Africa and elsewhere freely portray baboons as stupid and lazy.
Academic text (2007) -
At the zoo, we watched the baboon interact with its group, grooming and playing together.
Synonyms
931
1.0
A small to medium animal with a long tail that lives in trees
A group of monkeys that are baboons native to Africa and Arabia
A monkey from Africa or Asia with a tail that cannot hold things and nostrils close together on the nose
Compounds
- South African
A large grey monkey from southern and eastern Africa with a long dog-like nose
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Baboon probably came into English from Portuguese babuíno, a name sailors used for the big monkeys they met in Africa. That Portuguese word may come from an African language, which is why baboon is the common name for the large ground monkey with a 'dog-like face' and big cheek pouches.