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baboon-monkeys

baboon-monkeys is the plural of baboon-monkey.

Meaning of baboon-monkey

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

Questions about baboon-monkeys

What is baboon-monkeys the plural of?
Baboon-monkeys is the plural of baboon-monkey.

Words near baboon-monkeys in the dictionary

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

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