baboon

ba-boon · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A large ground-dwelling monkey with a long, dog-like snout, large teeth, and bare calluses on the buttocks, native to Africa and southwestern Arabia.

  2. 2.

    (informal) A coarse or uncouth person.

Forms

plural: baboons

Related words

See also: ape, monkey, primate
Synonyms: ape, monkey, primate

Etymology

From Old French babuin, possibly from baboue meaning "grimace" or related to babine meaning "lip."