'Mandrillus sphinx' definitions:
Definition of 'Mandrillus sphinx'
(from WordNet)
noun
Baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and blue hindquarters [syn: mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx]
Definition of 'Mandrillus sphinx'
From: GCIDE
- mandrill \man"drill\ (m[a^]n"dr[i^]l), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf. Drill an ape.] (Zool.) A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. {Mandrillus sphinx}, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. It is an endangered species. [1913 Webster +PJC]