chacma baboon
- noun
- /ˈtʃækmə bəˈbuːn/
- South African
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babuino chacma
- Stefan, about one year old in the photograph on the opposite page, was born within a chacma baboon troop made up of animals rescued by the Centre for Animal Rehabilitation and Education (C.A.R.E.).
Examples
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As increasing numbers of injured or abused chacma baboons, mostly orphaned babies, were brought in, the center began to specialize.
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While traveling in northern Namibia, she encountered a baby female chacma baboon named Bobby.
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Friends and colleagues, perhaps secretly envious, have predicted that as a city boy and literature professor, I would feel out of place among these orphaned chacma baboons.
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By one reckoning, all baboons belong to the same species, Papio hamadryas, and the chacma baboon, P. h. ursinus, is one of five subspecies.
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While visiting a national park in South Africa, we saw a group of chacma baboons playing in the trees.
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The documentary highlighted the social behavior of chacma baboons, showcasing their complex relationships within their troops.
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During our safari, we noticed that a chacma baboon was grooming another, a common behavior among these animals to strengthen social bonds.
Synonyms
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A large monkey from Africa and Arabia that lives on the ground with a doglike nose and big cheek pouches
A large grey baboon that lives in southern and eastern Africa
A large grey baboon with a dog-like face that lives in southern and eastern Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names a specific type of baboon: combining 'chacma' (a social baboon with a dog-like face) with 'baboon' (a monkey with a doglike muzzle) directly yields the meaning 'a kind of baboon.' This is a straightforward taxonomic noun-noun combination and follows transparent naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Chacma baboon may come from a local African word for the animal that early visitors borrowed, so the name chacma became attached to this kind of baboon. That's why today chacma baboon refers to the large grey baboon found in southern and eastern Africa.