mandrill

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   For the Mandrills live in society, and their bands are so powerful in point of numbers, and so crafty in point of management, that they are about as formidable neighbours as could be imagined.

2. 2
   noun

   baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”).

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