papion

Probably from a native name: compare Spanish papión.

papion (plural papions)

1. The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

• “papion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Popian

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papion m (plural papions)

1. baboon

• “papion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French papillon.

papion n (plural papioane)

1. bowtie