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单词 chacma
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chacma

[ chak-muh ]
/ ˈtʃæk mə /
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noun

a large, brownish-gray baboon, Papio ursinus, of southern Africa.

Origin of chacma

First recorded in 1825–35; from Dutch or directly from Khoikhoi, first recorded as chöachamma (1691)

Words nearby chacma

cha-cha, cha-cha-cha, chachalaca, chachka, chackle, chacma, Chaco, Chacoan peccary, chaconne, chacun à son goût, chad
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Example sentences from the Web for chacma

  • Who does not feel disgust when regarding the hideous mandrill—the drill—the hamadryas—or even the chacma?

    The Bush Boys|Captain Mayne Reid
  • Perhaps the best known of the baboons is the chacma, which is found in South Africa.

    The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
  • They include the chacma, drill, common baboon, and mandrill.

    The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for chacma

chacma
/ (ˈtʃækmə) /

noun

a baboon, Papio (or Chaeropithecus) ursinus, having coarse greyish hair and occurring in southern and eastern Africa

Word Origin for chacma

C19: from Khoikhoi
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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