Results for baboon
Definitions of baboon:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A species of large monkey, having a long face, dog- like tusks, large lips, and a short tail.
Usage examples for baboon:
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" I trust to your honours, my genlemens," remarked the beastly baboon in question, in a manner so apropos that I guessed him not entirely ignorant of German, after all.
"It Happened in Egypt", C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson -
The act of the baboon mentioned by Darwin, I believe, that examined the paws of the cat that had scratched it, and then deliberately bit off the nails, belongs to a different and to a higher order of conduct.
"Ways of Nature", John Burroughs -
But loping easily along as his ancestors might have pursued a baboon or antelope, Shir K'han overtook the screaming human.
"Deepfreeze", Robert Donald Locke -
With the Marquess, who resembles an irritable baboon I have little to do.
"Anthony Lyveden", Dornford Yates