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hamadryas baboon

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ham⋅a⋅dry⋅as baboon

  [ham-uh-drahy-uhs]
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–noun
a baboon, Papio (Comopithecus) hamadryas, of Ethiopia, the male of which has a mantle of long, dark hair about the head and shoulders: held sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
Also called sacred baboon.

Origin:
1930–35; < NL hamadryas the specific epithet (see hamadryad )
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