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MANDRILLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mandrillus mean?
• MANDRILLUS (noun)
The noun MANDRILLUS has 1 sense:
1. baboons
Familiarity information: MANDRILLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Baboons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mandrillus; Mandrillus
Hypernyms ("Mandrillus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Mandrillus"):
mandrill; Mandrillus sphinx (baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters)
Holonyms ("Mandrillus" is a member of...):
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)
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