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mandrill

Mandrill (noun) means a primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

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

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

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"mandrill" (noun) means a primate, Mandrillus sphinx, with a colorful face and rump.

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