Hamadryas

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hamadryas \Ha*ma"dry*as\ (h[.a]*m[=a]"dr[i^]*[a^]s), n. [L., a
     hamadryad. See {Hamadryad}.] (Zool.)
     The sacred baboon of Egypt ({Cynocephalus Hamadryas}).
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