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baboon

ba.boon \ba-'bu:n, chiefly Brit b*-\ \-'bu:-nish\ n [ME babewin, fr. MF 
   babouin, fr. baboue grimace] : any of several large African and Asiatic 
   apes (Papio and related g enera) having doglike muzzles and short tails - 
   ba.boon.ish aj