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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
chac·ma       [chak-muh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a large, brownish-gray baboon, Papio ursinus, of southern Africa.

[Origin: 1825–35; (< D) < Khoikhoi, first recorded as chöachamma (1691)]
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chac·ma       (chāk'mə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A grayish-black baboon (Papio ursinus) of southern and eastern Africa.


[Possibly of Khokhoin origin.]

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chacma

noun
greyish baboon of southern and eastern Africa 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Chacma

Chac"ma\, n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon.

Note: [See Illust. of Baboon.]

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