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Definition of Baboons
1. baboon [n] - See also: baboon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baboons
Literary usage of Baboons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"At 1 year of age the baboons are removed to nearby buildings, where they are kept
in ordinary large double-deck primate cages. ..."
2. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"... and baboons as Commissaries—Hong-Kong—Chinese Vessels under Arms— Duck-Boats—Going
to Canton in a Sanpan—Buying Wives—Chinese Modes of Burial. ..."
3. Missionary Story Sketches: Folk-lore from Africa by Alexander Priestley Camphor (1909)
"When all the people of the town had gone to their farms, a baboon who lived with
a family of baboons in the nearby bush came into the town and soon found ..."
4. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"The primitive cercopithecine monkeys (macaques, baboons, and related genera) ...
227) and culminating in the mandril among the dog-faced baboons (fig. 229). ..."
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