chacma
English edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
chacma (plural chacmas)
- A species of baboon from Southern Africa, Papio ursinus.
- 1908, H N Hutchinson, Charles John Cornish, The Standard Library of Natural History:
- The chacmas live in companies in the kopjes, whence they descend to forage […]
- 2006, Marty Essen, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet:
- We sat quietly on the far side of the water as the chacmas treated us to a scene featuring a near-complete life cycle of activity.
Synonyms edit
- (Papio ursinus): Cape baboon, chacma baboon