hamadryas

/ ˌhæməˈdraɪəs /

noun

a baboon, Papio (or Comopithecus ) hamadryas, of Arabia and NE Africa, having long silvery hair on the head, neck, and chest: regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians: family Cercopithecidae Also calledhamadryas baboonsacred baboon

C19: via New Latin from Latin; see hamadryad

Hamadryas, one of the nymphs whose life depended upon the tree to which she was attached.

In Burmah this formidable Viper is dreaded almost as much as the Hamadryas.

The hamadryas (C. hamadryas) of Abyssinia is characterized by long hair, forming a sort of shoulder-cape.

Who does not feel disgust when regarding the hideous mandrill—the drill—the hamadryas—or even the chacma?

Scrotum, callosities, and naked parts of buttocks bright flesh-coloured, but not so bright as in C. hamadryas.

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