baboon
noun/bəˈbuːn/
/bæˈbuːn/
- a large African or Asian monkey with a long face like a dog’sTopics Animalsc2Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a grotesque figure used in architecture): from Old French babuin or medieval Latin babewynus, perhaps from Old French baboue ‘muzzle, grimace’.
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