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Look up: Mandrill

  1. mandrill
    [n] - baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Mandrill
    Also called 'shaft and blade' the colliers pick. The blade could be removed from the shaft, and carried easily to the surface for sharpening at the Blacksmiths. In the lower seams mandrills were sometimes used as gauges to measure the length for wooden props. If required, to make up the extra distan...
    Found on http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Glossary

  3. Mandrill
    Man'drill (-drĭl) noun [ Confer French mandrille , Spanish mandril , Italian mandrillo ; probably the native name in Africa. Confer Drill an ape.] (Zoology) A large West African baboon ( Cynocephalus, or Papi...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/16

  4. mandrill
    <zoology> A large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, or Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. ... Origin: Cf. F. Mandrille, Sp. Mandril, It. Mandrillo; prob. The native name in Africa. Cf. Drill a...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. mandrill
    Mandrillus sphinx noun baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Mandrill
    • (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. mandrill
    colourful and primarily ground-dwelling monkey that inhabits the rainforests of equatorial Africa from the Sanaga River (Cameroon) southward to the ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/25

  8. mandrill
    mandrill, large monkey, Mandrillus sphinx, of central W Africa, related to the baboons. Mandrills are found in forests, while baboons live in open country. The fur of the mandrill is mostly dark brown, but the bare areas—face and buttocks—are patterned in bright colors that are especiall...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08315

  9. Mandrill
    The Mandrill (Papio maimon or Cynocephalus mormon) is a West African baboon distinguished by the short or rudimentary tail, by the elongated dog-like muzzle, and by the presence
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. mandrill
    Type: Term Pronunciation: man′drĭl Definitions: 1. Common name for a species of monkey of the genus Cynocephalus, with a short tail and doglike head.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  11. mandrill
    Large West African forest-living baboon, active mainly on the ground. It has large canine teeth like the drill (M. leucophaeus), to which it is closely related. The nose is bright red and the cheeks are striped with blue; the thick skin of the buttocks is also red, and the fur is brown, apart from a yellow beard. (Species...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  12. Mandrill
    The `mandrill` (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Cercopithecidae (Old-world accessdate=7 September 2010-->--> closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill

  13. Mandrill
    (band) `Mandrill` is an American funk band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1968. The band was formed by three brothers: Carlos Wilson (trombone, vocals), Lou Wilson (trumpet, vocals) and Ric Wilson (sax, vocals). The brothers were born in Panama and grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill

  14. Mandrill
    (comics) `Mandrill` is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. His first appearance was in Shanna the She-Devil #4. He was created by writer Carole Seuling and artist Ross Andru. Steve Gerber dialogued his first appearance and wrote several subsequen...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill



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13 February 2012

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