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Meaning of MANDRILL

Pronunciation:  'mandreel

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters
 

MANDRILL is a 8 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: Mandrillus sphinx
 
 See Also: baboon, genus Mandrillus, Mandrillus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Man"drill\, n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It.
mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. {Drill} an
ape.] (Zo["o]l.)
a large West African baboon ({Cynocephalus, or Papio,
mormon}). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose,
large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with
blue and red.

 

 

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