mandrill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters
    Mandrillus sphinx.

WordNet

Man"drill noun
Etymology
Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. Drill an ape.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, ∨ Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

Webster 1913