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: any of a genus (Papio) of large gregarious primates of Africa and southwestern Asia having a long square naked muzzle
also
: any of several closely related primates
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Monster bamboo, bougainvillea, and banana plants crashed in from the roadside; a tin roof sagged under the weight of a gaggle of marabou storks; baboons plundered trash cans at a highway intersection.
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Primates were rumored to say goodbye at least a few times before Baehren and Carvalho’s study of Chacma baboons.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
There were orcas making tools, 110,000 spiders sharing a massive interconnected web in complete darkness and some wholesome news about the friendship bonds in both birds and baboons, it's been another varied and wonderful year for learning about life around us.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
Zebras, ostriches, baboons, impalas, elephants, crocodiles, elephants whose tails had been eaten by crocodiles.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
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Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
Primates were rumored to say goodbye at least a few times before Baehren and Carvalho’s study of Chacma baboons.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
There were orcas making tools, 110,000 spiders sharing a massive interconnected web in complete darkness and some wholesome news about the friendship bonds in both birds and baboons, it's been another varied and wonderful year for learning about life around us.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2025
Zebras, ostriches, baboons, impalas, elephants, crocodiles, elephants whose tails had been eaten by crocodiles.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
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baboon
noun
ba·boon
ba-ˈbün 
: any of several large African and Asian monkeys having long squarish muzzles and usually short tails
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