gelada baboon
noun
gel·a·da baboon
ˈje-lə-də- 
ˈge-;
jə-ˈlä-də-
: a large long-haired chiefly herbivorous monkey (Theropithecus gelada) of Ethiopia that feeds especially on grasses and resembles the related baboon
called also gelada
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