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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. baboonsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MANDRILLUS (noun)


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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