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chacma

[ chak-muh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

chacma

/ ˈtʃækmə /

a baboon, Papio (or Chaeropithecus ) ursinus, having coarse greyish hair and occurring in southern and eastern Africa

Origin of chacma¹

First recorded in 1825–35; from Dutch or directly from Khoikhoi, first recorded as chöachamma (1691)

Origin of chacma¹

C19: from Khoikhoi

Perhaps the best known of the baboons is the chacma, which is found in South Africa.

They include the chacma, drill, common baboon, and mandrill.

It is of a brownish-yellow colour, while the chacma is greyish-black, or in parts black.

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

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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