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olive baboon

olive baboon noun: a subspecies of savannah baboon, Papio hamadryas anubis, found in highland areas of East Africa.

Noun

olive baboon (plural olive baboons)

  1. A subspecies of savannah baboon, Papio hamadryas anubis, found in highland areas of East Africa.
    • A study of Kenyan olive baboon troops by Margaret Crofoot and her team at the University of California, Davis, considered first the patterns made on a map by the animals' movements […].2016 November, Richard Smyth, “Bird's-Eye Watching”, in Literary Review
    Synonyms:
    Anubis baboon

Synonyms of olive baboon

Forms of olive baboon

pluralolive baboons

Origin of olive baboon

From the greenish-grey colour of its fur.

Questions about olive baboon

What does olive baboon mean?
Olive baboon means a subspecies of savannah baboon, Papio hamadryas anubis, found in highland areas of East Africa.
What part of speech is olive baboon?
Olive baboon is a noun.
What is the plural of olive baboon?
The plural of olive baboon is olive baboons.

Words near olive baboon in the dictionary

  1. olivary body
  2. Olivas
  3. Olivases
  4. olivaster
  5. olive
  6. olive baboon
  7. olive baboons
  8. olive box
  9. olive boxes
  10. olive branch
  11. olive branched

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