baboon

noun

ba·boon | \ ba-ˈbün

, chiefly British bə- \

Definition of baboon

: 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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Recent Examples on the Web For the baboon studies, Dr. Wasser used hormones from animal dung to help understand their reproductive successes or failures. — Dean Paton, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Apr. 2022 Her fraternal grandfather, Dr. Mark Boucek, was involved in the world’s first baboon-to-baby heart transplant. — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2022 At an upstate New York zoo in 2012, an olive baboon sat with her baby at a table opposite a mesh screen and a curious grad student who was holding some peanuts. — Max G. Levy, Wired, 25 Jan. 2022 One baboon survived for three years with its brand new beating heart intact. — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2022 In 1984, a baboon heart was transplanted into Baby Fae, an infant with congenital heart defects. — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Bennett’s pig heart raised ethical eyebrows because the procedure is highly risky—the longest-surviving previous recipient of a pig heart was a baboon who survived less than two months with the transplant. — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2022 Notably, in 1984, Baby Fae, a dying infant, lived 21 days with a baboon heart. — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2022 Notably, in 1984, Baby Fae, a dying infant, lived 21 days with a baboon heart. — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2022 See More

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