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Mandrill

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man⋅drill

  [man-dril]
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–noun
a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
Origin:
1735–45; man 1 + drill 4
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man·drill   (mān'drəl)   
n.  A large fierce baboon (Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx) of western Africa, having a beard, crest, and mane and brilliant blue, purple, and scarlet facial markings in the adult male.

[man + drill4.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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mandrill 
"large baboon," 1744, perhaps ultimately from an African language, but formed into Eng. components man + drill "baboon," which is of W.African origin. The earliest reference reports the name is what the animal was "called by the white men in this country" (Sierra Leone).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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