gelada
[ jel-uh-duh, juh-lah- ]
/ ˈdʒɛl ə də, dʒəˈlɑ- /
noun
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
Origin of gelada
1835–45; < Amharic
čʾällada; perhaps akin to the Cushitic word for the baboon; compare Oromo
jaldeessa
Words nearby gelada
Example sentences from the Web for gelada
Almost as odd-looking as the mandrill, though in quite a different way, is the gelada, which is found in Abyssinia.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore WoodThe gelada inhabits the mountains of Abyssinia, where, like other baboons, it descends in droves to pillage cultivated lands.
British Dictionary definitions for gelada
gelada
/ (ˈdʒɛlədə, ˈɡɛl-, dʒɪˈlɑːdə, ɡɪ-) /
noun
a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
Also called: gelada baboon
Word Origin for gelada
probably from Arabic
qilādah mane