hamadryas

See also: Hamadryas

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  • IPA(key): /ˌhæməˈdraɪ.əs/

Noun

hamadryas (plural hamadryases)

  1. A large baboon (Papio hamadryas), from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.

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