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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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Sharks and baboons with a taste for human flesh chomping through fighters.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
But all that energy expenditure isn’t entirely the result of baboons’ many brawls.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
As well as chimpanzees, baboons, apes, and primates in general.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
The limestone deposit that had yielded the Taung Child, as the original Australopithecus became known, also contained the remains of all sorts of other creatures, including baboons, turtles, and hyraxes.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
But all that energy expenditure isn’t entirely the result of baboons’ many brawls.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
As well as chimpanzees, baboons, apes, and primates in general.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
The limestone deposit that had yielded the Taung Child, as the original Australopithecus became known, also contained the remains of all sorts of other creatures, including baboons, turtles, and hyraxes.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Baboon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baboon. Accessed 10 Feb. 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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