mandrill
/man-dril/US // ˈmæn drɪl //UK // (ˈmændrɪl) //
山魈,山毛虫,山毛榉,山贼
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
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- : a large baboon, Mandrillus sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inbaboon
Examples
The papio, the first baboon; the mandrill, the second; and the ouanderou, the third.
The mandrill has pouches on the sides of his cheeks, and callosities on his posteriors.
Another interesting baboon is the mandrill, which one does not often see in captivity.
Almost as odd-looking as the mandrill, though in quite a different way, is the gelada, which is found in Abyssinia.
So you see that altogether a grown-up male mandrill is a very odd-looking creature.
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