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mandrill

Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.dɹɪl/

The English word “mandrill” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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