: any of a genus (Papio) of large gregarious primates of Africa and southwestern Asia having a long square naked muzzle
also: any of several closely related primates
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Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do.—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025 In came air, but also spiders and big snakes and baboons.—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 Once the fires have swept through, the chimpanzees have their pick of cooked critters on a charred landscape cleared of predators, just like the baboons in the forests of Uganda who have been seen foraging for cooked grasshoppers and shoots after fire passes by.—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025 Off somewhere, bull baboons are raising their woofing grunts again.—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baboon
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Middle English babewin, from Middle French babouin, from baboue grimace
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