baboon (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *baboon*:
NOUN	animal	baboon	large terrestrial / terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

baboon > pronunciation
Sounds	bahbuw'n
Rhymes	afternoon ... Witherspoon: 64 rhymes with uwn...

English > *baboon*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large terrestrial / terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles.
Narrower	chacma, chacma baboon, Papio ursinus	greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa
	drill, Mandrillus leucophaeus	Similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored
	mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx	baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
Broader	Old World monkey, catarrhine	Of Africa or Arabia or Asia
Spanish	babuino, mandril, papio, papión
Catalan	babuí, mandril
Adjectives	baboonish	resembling a baboon

HyperDic: baboon