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单词 baboon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ba•boon /bæˈbun/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mammalsa large monkey of Africa and Arabia, that has a nose and mouth like a dog.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ba•boon  (ba bo̅o̅n′ or, esp. Brit., bə-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mammalsany of various large, terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle, large cheek pouches, and a short tail.
  2. a coarse, ridiculous, or brutish person, esp. one of low intelligence.
  • Middle French babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip, derivative of an expressive base *bab- grimace
  • Middle English baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle, late Middle English: baboon (compare Anglo-Latin babevynus) 1275–1325
ba•boon′ish, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
baboon /bəˈbuːn/ n
  1. any of several medium-sized omnivorous Old World monkeys of the genus Papio (or Chaeropithecus) and related genera, inhabiting open rocky ground or wooded regions of Africa. They have an elongated muzzle, large teeth, and a fairly long tail
Etymology: 14th Century babewyn gargoyle, later, baboon, from Old French babouin, from baboue grimace; related to Old French babine a thick lip
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