GENUS PAPIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Papio mean? 

• GENUS PAPIO (noun)
  The noun GENUS PAPIO has 1 sense:

1. baboons

  Familiarity information: GENUS PAPIO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PAPIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Baboons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Papio; Papio

Hypernyms ("genus Papio" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Holonyms ("genus Papio" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)

 Context examples 

Multiple species of large terrestrial monkeys in the genus Papio, including P. hamadryas, P. papio, P. anubis, P. cynocephalus and P. ursinus.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)