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mandrill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.dɹɪl/
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Etymology

From man + drill (“Mandrillus leucophaeus”). Displaced earlier English man-tiger. First attested in 1744.

Meanings

1. 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. 1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History: Mammalia, George Routledge and Sons, page 76:
   • Mandrills occur in Gabon, Congo, Rio Muni and in Cameroon, to the south of the Sanaga River. 2003, Alan Dixson, Nancy Harvey, Marilyn Patton, Joanna Setchell, “2: Behaviour and reproduction”, in William V. Holt, Amanda R. Pickard, John C. Rodger, David E. Wildt, editors, Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation, Cambridge University Press, page 26:
   • In both mandrills and drills, males have long muzzles with pronounced maxillary ridges and long tooth rows. Like baboons, mandrills and drills have forelimbs and hindlimbs of nearly equal length. 1999, John G. Fleagle, Primate Adaptation and Evolution, 2nd edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 200:

Forms

Translations (22)

ga maindrill (Mandrillus sphinx) · cmn 山魈 (Mandrillus sphinx) · it mandrillo (Mandrillus sphinx) · af mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · bg мандрил (Mandrillus sphinx) · nl mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · pt mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · fr mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) · vi khỉ mặt chó (Mandrillus sphinx) · ja マンドリル (Mandrillus sphinx) · ro mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · ca mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · de Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) · mk ма́ндрил (Mandrillus sphinx) · ms mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · fi mandrilli (Mandrillus sphinx) · ast mandril (Mandrillus sphinx) · pl mandryl (Mandrillus sphinx) · ko 맨드릴 (Mandrillus sphinx) · ru мандри́л (Mandrillus sphinx) · nv mágí bíchį́į́h dootłʼizhígíí (Mandrillus sphinx) · es mandril (Mandrillus sphinx)