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MANDRILLUS SPHINX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mandrillus sphinx mean? 

MANDRILLUS SPHINX (noun)
  The noun MANDRILLUS SPHINX has 1 sense:

1. baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquartersplay

  Familiarity information: MANDRILLUS SPHINX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANDRILLUS SPHINX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mandrill; Mandrillus sphinx

Hypernyms ("Mandrillus sphinx" is a kind of...):

baboon (large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles)

Holonyms ("Mandrillus sphinx" is a member of...):

genus Mandrillus; Mandrillus (baboons)


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