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6 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
originFrom Middle English babewin, baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue (“grimace; muzzle”), of West Germanic origin, related to dialectal German Bäppe (“lips; muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to bark”), Middle English baffen (“to bark”). See also baff, baffle.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0