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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•boon /bæˈbun/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa large monkey of Africa and Arabia, that has a nose and mouth like a dog.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ba•boon (ba bo̅o̅n′ or, esp. Brit., bə-),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- 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
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