Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A grayish to dark brown or black baboon (Papio ursinus) of southern Africa, having a distinctively downward-pointing face.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Hottentot name of a South African baboon, Cynocephalus porcarius.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large species of African baboon (
Cynocephalus porcarius ); -- called alsoursine baboon . [SeeIllust. ofbaboon .]
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- noun A Chacma baboon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Medium-sized mammals, such as chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), honey badger (Mellivora capensis), aardvark (Orycteropus after), and rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) are all found in this ecoregion.
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"pig-faced" baboon or "chacma" (_Cynocephalus porcarius_), which is found in nearly every part of South Africa where there are high cliffs with caves and crevices -- the favourite dwelling-places of the baboon.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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"pig-faced" baboon or "chacma" (_Cynocephalus porcarius_), which is found in nearly every part of South Africa where there are high cliffs with caves and crevices -- the favourite dwelling-places of the baboon.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Vervet monkey Cercopithecus aethiops and chacma baboon Papio ursinus are common round the falls and lion Panthera leo (VU) and leopard P. pardus are occasionally seen.
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The chacma baboon is found in the countries of Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Black rhino, buffalo, eland and warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) have been reintroduced, while natural populations of greater kudu, bushbuck, common duiker and springbuck (Antidorcas marsupialis) as well as chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas) and vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) are common.
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Its varied diet ranges from larger animals such as bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), chacma baboon (Papio ursinus), and bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) to smaller animals including mice.
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Once in a while it was broken by chacma baboons that approached the compound in search of a handout.
Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002
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Although he was well past the age when his peers were said to grow cantankerous, and although he was a chacma-the largest of the baboon families-Mon Cul was considered a fit companion for the circus tots.
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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_P. lydekkeri_, and the chacma, _P. porcarius_ of the Cape, represent the subgenus _Choeropithecus_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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