Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large African monkey (Theropithecus gelada) of Ethiopia that resembles a baboon but has a bright patch of naked red skin on the chest and a large broad mane covering the shoulders. The gelada has an opposable thumb that it uses to gather grass seeds to eat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Abyssinian baboon, Cynocephalus or Cercopithecus or Theropithecus gelada, or Gelada rueppelli.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A generic name of this animal: synonymous with Theropithecus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A baboon (
Gelada Ruppelli ) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a species of
Old World monkey , scientific name Theropithecus gelada, distinguished frombaboons by the bright patch of skin on their chests.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The park is the refuge for threatened animals such as gelada baboon, Simen fox and Walia ibex, a goat species endemic to Simen Mountains.
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The teeth and the jaws of the Australopithecus resemble the teeth of a present species of baboon Theropithecus gelada in Ethiopia.18 This is probably because they are both adapted to eat the same type of food.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The teeth and the jaws of the Australopithecus resemble the teeth of a present species of baboon Theropithecus gelada in Ethiopia.18 This is probably because they are both adapted to eat the same type of food.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Large troops of gelada baboons roam through the park and graceful Walia Ibex lord over the loftier spots.
Ben Colclough: Walking on top of the world Ben Colclough 2011
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Large troops of gelada baboons roam through the park and graceful Walia Ibex lord over the loftier spots.
Ben Colclough: Walking on top of the world Ben Colclough 2011
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The teeth and the jaws of the Australopithecus resemble the teeth of a present species of baboon Theropithecus gelada in Ethiopia.18 This is probably because they are both adapted to eat the same type of food.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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The teeth and the jaws of the Australopithecus resemble the teeth of a present species of baboon Theropithecus gelada in Ethiopia.18 This is probably because they are both adapted to eat the same type of food.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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More than 30 of the nearly 200 mammals found in the Ethiopian Highlands are found nowhere else, including a remarkable six endemic genera, four of which are monotypic: three rodents (Megadendromus, Muriculus, and Nilopegamys) and one primate, the gelada (Theropithecus gelada).
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Studies have been made of Walia ibex, habitat conservation, and the ecology of gelada baboon.
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The park is the refuge of extremely rare species such as the Walia ibex, Simien wolf and the gelada baboon.
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