"Bavian" is a word in ENGLISH
A baboon.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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A baboon.
Read the complete definitionOne of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and …
Read the complete definitionLike a baboon.
Read the complete definitionA large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
Read the complete definitionHaving a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.
Read the complete definitionA large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucophaeus).
Read the complete definitionA baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the …
Read the complete definitionThe sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
Read the complete definitionA kind of baboon; the wanderoo.
Read the complete definitiona large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, …
Read the complete definitionIn the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
Read the complete definitionAny one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes …
Read the complete definitionA West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
Read the complete definitionHaving a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon.
Read the complete definitionThe Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Read the complete definitionThe Egyptian sacred baboon.
Read the complete definitionA large monkey (Macacus silenus) native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or …
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