different between baboon vs hamadryad

English

Alternative forms

• babian, babion

Etymology

From Middle English babewin, baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue (“grimace; muzzle”), of Proto-Germanic origin, related to dialectal German Bäppe (“lips; muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to bark”), Middle English baffen (“to bark”). See also baff, baffle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: b?bo?on?, IPA^(key): /b??bu?n/,
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæ?bu?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

baboon (plural baboons)

1. An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. [from 13th c.]
   • 1971: Philip José Farmer, Down in the Black Gang: and others; a story collection, page 79 (Nelson Doubleday)

     Mix swallowed the comment he wanted to make, that the council hall stank like a congress of baboons. But he was in no position to insult his host, nor should he. The man was only expressing the attitude of his time.
2. (colloquial, derogatory) A foolish or boorish person.

Usage notes

The collective noun for baboons is troop.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chacma
• drill
• mandrill
• Appendix:English collective nouns

References

English

Etymology

Latin Hamadryas, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Hamadruás), from ??? (háma, “together”) + ???? (drûs, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæm??d?a?æd/

Noun

hamadryad (plural hamadryads or hamadryades)

1. (Greek mythology) A wood-nymph who was physically a part of her tree; she would die if her tree were felled.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 106):

     The various supports, rafters, braces and plates are of pandanus logs of a rich oily brown, and make one think of a sylvan cathedral where hamadryads might very well dance, where Syrinx might be chased by Pan, Daphne by Apollo, and various other heathen rites take place in the dark hours before the dawn.

2. The king cobra.
3. A kind of baboon, Papio hamadryas, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.
4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Hamadryas and Tellervo.

Translations

See also

• Daphne
• Meliai

Further reading

• hamadryad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia