Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Chacma


Chac′ma

,
Noun.
[Native name.]
A large species of African baboon (
Cynocephalus porcarius
); – called also
ursine baboon
.
[See Illust. of
Baboon
.]

Definition 2024


chacma

chacma

English

chacma baboon

Noun

chacma (plural chacmas)

  1. A species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus.
    • 1908, H N Hutchinson, Charles John Cornish, The Standard Library of Natural History
      The chacmas live in companies in the kopjes, whence they descend to forage...
    • 2006, Marty Essen, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet
      We sat quietly on the far side of the water as the chacmas treated us to a scene featuring a near-complete life cycle of activity.

Synonyms

  • Cape baboon
  • chacma baboon

Anagrams