a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
Also called: gelada baboon
Word origin
probably from Arabic qilādah mane
gelada in American English
(ˈdʒɛlədə; dʒəˈlɑdə)
noun
an Ethiopian baboon (Theropithecus gelada) characterized by a bare red patch on the chest