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chacma

chacma noun: a species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus.

chacma: a species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus
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Noun

chacma (plural chacmas)

  1. A species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus.
    • The chacmas live in companies in the kopjes, whence they descend to forage […]1908, H N Hutchinson, Charles John Cornish, The Standard Library of Natural History
    • We sat quietly on the far side of the water as the chacmas treated us to a scene featuring a near-complete life cycle of activity.2006, Marty Essen, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet
    Synonyms:
    Cape baboon, chacma baboon

Synonyms of chacma

  • Cape baboon
  • chacma baboon

Forms of chacma

pluralchacmas

Questions about chacma

What does chacma mean?
Chacma means a species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus.
What part of speech is chacma?
Chacma is a noun.
What is the plural of chacma?
The plural of chacma is chacmas.

Words near chacma in the dictionary

  1. chackling
  2. Chackmore
  3. Chacko
  4. Chackos
  5. chacks
  6. chacma
  7. chacmas
  8. chacmol
  9. chacmoles
  10. chacmols
  11. chacmool

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