Meaning

1 senses
  1. A primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

    Mandrill

    мандри́лmandríl

More definitions
  • baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Mandrill hordes are noisy.

    deIn Horden machen Mandrille ganz schön viel Krach. — Waldelfe

Translations

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Mandrillus sphinx:
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Origin

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”). Displaced earlier English man-tiger. First at

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”). Displaced earlier English man-tiger. First attested in 1744.

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Forms

plural: mandrills
Singularmandrill
Pluralmandrills

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters:Mandrillus sphinx

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