: any of a genus (Papio) of large gregarious primates of Africa and southwestern Asia having a long square naked muzzle
also: any of several closely related primates
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Early attempts used kidneys, livers and hearts from baboons, chimpanzees and other creatures.—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2025 Sharks and baboons with a taste for human flesh chomping through fighters.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 But all that energy expenditure isn’t entirely the result of baboons’ many brawls.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025 As well as chimpanzees, baboons, apes, and primates in general.—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baboon
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Etymology
Middle English babewin, from Middle French babouin, from baboue grimace
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