Gelada

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  • noun. A large African monkey (Theropithecus gelada) of Ethiopia that resembles a baboon but has a bright patch of naked red skin on the chest and a large broad mane covering the shoulders. The gelada has an opposable thumb that it uses to gather grass seeds to eat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An Abyssinian baboon, Cynocephalus or Cercopithecus or Theropithecus gelada, or Gelada rueppelli.
  • noun. [capitalized] [NL.] A generic name of this animal: synonymous with Theropithecus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A baboon (Gelada Ruppelli) of Abyssinia, remarkable for the length of the hair on the neck and shoulders of the adult male.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a species of Old World monkey, scientific name Theropithecus gelada, distinguished from baboons by the bright patch of skin on their chests.
  • Word Usage
    "The park is the refuge for threatened animals such as gelada baboon, Simen fox and Walia ibex, a goat species endemic to Simen Mountains."