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MANDRILLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Baboons

Synonyms:

genus Mandrillus; Mandrillus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mandrillus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mandrillus"):

mandrill; Mandrillus sphinx (baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters)

Holonyms ("Mandrillus" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)

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