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baboon-monkey

baboon-monkey noun: the Celebes crested macaque, Macaca nigra.

Noun

baboon-monkey (plural baboon-monkeys)

  1. (obsolete) The Celebes crested macaque, Macaca nigra.
    • A large black baboon-monkey (Cynopithecus nigrescens) is abundant in some parts of the forest. This animal has bare red callosities, and a rudimentary tail about an inch long--a mere fleshy tubercle, which may be very easily overlooked.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 54

Forms of baboon-monkey

pluralbaboon-monkeys

Questions about baboon-monkey

What does baboon-monkey mean?
Baboon-monkey means the Celebes crested macaque, Macaca nigra.
What part of speech is baboon-monkey?
Baboon-monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of baboon-monkey?
The plural of baboon-monkey is baboon-monkeys.

Words near baboon-monkey in the dictionary

  1. baboom
  2. baboon
  3. baboon spider
  4. baboon spiders
  5. baboon syndrome
  6. baboon-monkey
  7. baboon-monkeys
  8. babooneries
  9. baboonery
  10. babooness
  11. baboonesses

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