baboon

Pronunciation:		ba'boon
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Matching Terms:		baboo, baboonery, baboonish
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

	See Also:	chacma, chacma baboon, drill, mandrill, Mandrillus leucophaeus, Mandrillus sphinx, Old World monkey, Papio ursinus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Bab*oon"\, n. [OE. babewin, baboin, fr.F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babin lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. b["a]ppe mouth.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera {Cynocephalus} and {Papio}; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See {Mandrill}, and {Chacma}, and {Drill} an ape.

Dream Dictionary

	Definition:	Dreaming of a baboon in your dream, suggests that you need to be more expressive in your feelings. You need to be more direct in telling others how you feel. On the hand, it could be saying that you are expressing yourself in an inappropriate manner.