Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A baboon (Papio hamadryas) of northern Africa and Arabia, the adult male of which has a heavy mane.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
- noun A genus of venomous serpents, of the family Elapidæ. See
Ophiophagus . - noun A genus of mollusks.
- noun [lowercase] The specific name of a baboon, Cynocephalus hamadryas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (
Cynocephalus Hamadryas ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
baboon ,Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In these reports, the baboons were described as hamadryas baboons, which in the past may have lived in the Red Sea mountains.
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They are found all over Africa, from Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope; while one species, called the hamadryas, extends from
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 Various
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The hamadryas baboon is a harem holder where one male mates with multiple females.
Eric Michael Johnson: Frans de Waal on Politics, Fairness, and Human Nature Eric Michael Johnson 2011
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De Waal: Solly Zuckerman was an anatomist who, tragically, established a group of hamadryas baboons at the London Zoo in the wrong way and then assumed their murderous behavior was the same in nature.
Eric Michael Johnson: Frans de Waal on Politics, Fairness, and Human Nature Eric Michael Johnson 2011
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Baboon Papio hamadryas visual preferences for regions of the face.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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Baboon Papio hamadryas visual preferences for regions of the face.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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The hamadryas or sacred baboon (Papio hamadryas), which was held sacred in ancient Egypt and often mummified, is today endemic to the arid Horn, living on hillsides and escarpments bordering the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
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In some areas of Yemen the Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) is still widespread but said to be declining, while the population of Saudi Arabia is expanding and has become common around cities such as Abha and Taif.
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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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Hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) are common in the woodlands throughout the ecoregion and both the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) and the vervet monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops) occur in the forests.
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