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chacma
[ chak-muh ]
chacma
/ ˈtʃækmə /
noun
- a baboon, Papio (or Chaeropithecus ) ursinus, having coarse greyish hair and occurring in southern and eastern Africa
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chacma1
First recorded in 1825–35; from Dutch or directly from Khoikhoi, first recorded as chöachamma (1691)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chacma1
C19: from Khoikhoi
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Example Sentences
Perhaps the best known of the baboons is the chacma, which is found in South Africa.
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They include the chacma, drill, common baboon, and mandrill.
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It is of a brownish-yellow colour, while the chacma is greyish-black, or in parts black.
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Who does not feel disgust when regarding the hideous mandrill—the drill—the hamadryas—or even the chacma?
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