mandrill

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”).

In Africa the Mandrill lives, Full five feet tall he stands; With furrowed cheek-bones, tufted hair, And hairy arms and hands. N--THE NYLGHAU. — Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, Anonymous
The mandrill looks so very queer I'm glad he lives way off from here; He's purple, blue, red, black and brown, I'm sure he is the jungle clown. — Animal Children: The Friends of the Forest and the Plain, Edith Brown Kirkwood

Mandrillus sphinx

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