mandrill

[ man-dril ]

/ ˈmæn drɪl /

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a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) 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.

Origin of mandrill

First recorded in 1735–45; man¹ + drill⁴

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mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, mandrin, manducate, mandyas, mane, maneb

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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 Wood
The Mandrill, C. mormon (or maimon), has blue ridges on the muzzle, the bridge of the nose being red.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard
Almost all monkeys are subject at times to terrible fits of passion, but the mandrill seems to be the worst tempered of all.

The Animal World, A Book of Natural History |Theodore Wood
The mandrill's blue nose, for instance, already referred to,—can we rightly speak of this as 'ευπρεπειὰ'?

Proserpina, Volume 1 |John Ruskin

Mandrill, man′dril, n. a large kind of baboon, a native of Western Africa.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) |Various

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mandrill

/ (ˈmændrɪl) /

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an Old World monkey, Mandrillus sphinx, of W Africa. It has a short tail and brown hair, and the ridged muzzle, nose, and hindquarters are red and blue

Word Origin for mandrill

C18: from man + drill 4

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