baboon

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1. Any of a genus (Papio) of large gregarious primates of Africa and southwestern Asia having a long square naked muzzle

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1. Tarantula

   "It's been said that during his very early childhood in South Africa, he [J. R. R. Tolkien] was bitten by a baboon spider—an event thought to have inspired his stories."

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1. A large grayish-brown to black baboon (Papio ursinus) of southern African savannas, highland grasslands, or savanna woodlands that is chiefly terrestrial but typically sleeps in trees or on high ledges

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1. A large long-haired chiefly herbivorous monkey (Theropithecus gelada) of Ethiopia that feeds especially on grasses and resembles the related baboon

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1. A baboon (Papio hamadryas) that has a reddish-pink muzzle and a large bare patch of pink skin on each buttock and that was venerated by the ancient Egyptians

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1. Hamadryas baboon