Baboon

Bab-oon′

,

Noun.

[OE.

babewin

,

baboin

, fr. F.

babouin

, or LL.

babewynus

. Of unknown origin; cf. D.

baviaan

, G.

pavian

, baboon, F.

babine

lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G.

bäppe

mouth.]

(Zool.)

One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera

Cynocephalus

and

Papio

; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See

Mandrill

, and

Chacma

, and

Drill

an ape.

Baboon

BABOON'

,

Noun.

A monkey of the largest species; a quadruped belonging to the genus Simia, in the class Mammalia, and order Primates, according to the system of Linne; but by Pennant arranged under the digitated quadrupeds. Baboons have short tails; a long face; a broad high muzzle; dog-like tusks, or canine teeth; and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are found only on the eastern continent.

baboon

English

Alternative forms

babian, babion

Variant spellings^[1]

Noun

baboon ‎(plural baboons)

An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.
- 1971: Philip José Farmer, Down in the Black Gang: and others; a story collection, page 79 (Nelson Doubleday)
  Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitude of his time.
- 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:
  He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.