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单词 hamadryas
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hamadryas

/ˌhaməˈdrʌɪəs / /ˌhaməˈdrʌɪas/
(also hamadryas baboon)
noun
A large Arabian and NE African baboon, the male of which has a silvery-grey cape of hair and a naked red face and rump. It was held sacred in ancient Egypt.
  • Papio hamadryas, family Cercopithecidae.
Our data set was comprised of eight species: a Platyrrhini, the white-fronted capuchin monkey, two cercopithecoids: the Barbary macaque and the hamadryas baboon, four hominoids and an outgroup sequence....
  • The ancient Egyptians considered hamadryas baboons to be the sacred attendants of Thoth, the scribe to the gods.

Origin

1930s: modern Latin (see hamadryad).

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