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See more results » (Definition ofbaboonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- An old baboon peeped round the rocky edge and manifested no surprise, only indignation, at the intrusion of humanity, dead or alive, into his dominions.
- Baboons roared in the forests and dwelt in the hollow trunks.
- Certain of the baboon tribes which live among the rocks of high mountains and cliffs, if pursued by enemies, protect themselves by ingeniously rolling immense stones down upon their foes.
- The leopard is the great enemy of the baboons.
- The old Egyptians paid deep homage to the sacred apes, which belong to the baboon tribe, and had them represented on their monuments as judges in the kingdom of death.
baboon| American Dictionaryaprimate(=animalthat is most likehumans)foundinAfricaandsouthernAsiathat has alongnose,shorttail, and isrelatedtomonkeys (Definition ofbaboonfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofbaboonbaboon Genetics of monoamine metabolites in baboons : overlapping sets of genes influence levels of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenylglycol, and homovanillic acid.From theCambridge English Corpus We expected that a large frugivore like the olivebaboondisperses seeds of a wide range of sizes undamaged, including large ones.From theCambridge English Corpus Climatic determinants of diet and foraging behaviour in baboons.From theCambridge English Corpus Trade-offs between foraging and predation risks determine habitat use in a desertbaboonpopulation.From theCambridge English Corpus Trade-offs between foraging and predation risk determine habitat use in a desertbaboonpopulation.From theCambridge English Corpus Thebaboonparasites are polymorphic at several loci, while single alleles have become fixed in the murine population.From theCambridge English Corpus Like baboons, our ancestors were aggressive and competitive, and social life was based on a dominance hierarchy.From theCambridge English Corpus We also saw and heard large numbers of baboons.From theCambridge English Corpus Our relatively uninformed search and decisionmaking process yielded baboons that were good enough.From theCambridge English Corpus In three dark-adaptedbaboonganglion cells, light-evoked responses were analyzed using a 30-s full-field stimulus while recording continuously, as described above for maintained activity.From theCambridge English Corpus When the hunters catch up with them, the baboons imitate their gestures, then climb up into the trees and escape.From theCambridge English Corpus The poet's images are primal and not technologised at all, evoking local colour through such words asbaboonand monkey.From theCambridge English Corpus If we note the features not added, we can say that the images do not depict giraffe, elephant,baboon, aardvark and so on.From theCambridge English Corpus An examination of the blood of these baboons as a potential reservoir of trypanosomes might well repay the trouble.From theCambridge English Corpus These experiences are the source of "self-esteem" in humans and an "animal selfconcept" in baboons.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/baboon## |