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mandrill
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mandrill \man"drill\ (m[a^]n"dr[i^]l), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp. mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Afric
Cf. Drill an ape.] (Zo["o]l.) A large West African baboon ( Papio sphinx syn. Mandrillus sphinx, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red. It is an endangered species.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"large baboon," 1744, perhaps ultimately from an African language, but formed into English components man + drill (n.4) "baboon," which is of W.African origin. The earliest reference reports the name is what the animal was "called by the white men in this country" (Sierra Leone). French mandrill, Spanish mandril seem to be from English.
Wiktionary
n. A primate, (taxlink Mandrillus sphinx species noshow=1), recognized by its colorful face and rump.
WordNet
n. baboon of west Africa with red and blue muzzle and hindquarters [syn: Mandrillus sphinx]
Wikipedia
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a primate of the Old World monkey (Cercopithecidae) family. It is one of two species assigned to the genus Mandrillus, along with the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in the genus Papio, but they now have their own genus, Mandrillus. Although they look superficially like baboons, they are more closely related to Cerocebus mangabeys. Mandrills are found in southern Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo. Mandrills mostly live in tropical rainforests. They live in very large groups. Mandrills have an omnivorous diet consisting mostly of fruits and insects. Their mating season peaks in July to September, with a corresponding birth peak in December to April.
Mandrills are the world's largest monkeys. Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man that "no other member in the whole class of mammals is coloured in so extraordinary a manner as the adult male mandrill's". The mandrill is classified as vulnerable by IUCN.
Mandrill is an American multi-genre band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1968. Members of the band included three brothers: Carlos Wilson (trombone, vocals), Lou Wilson (trumpet, vocals) and Ric Wilson (sax, vocals). The brothers were born in Panama and grew up in the Bedford–Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. Other members included Claude 'Coffee' Cave II (keyboards, percussion, vocals); Bundy Cenac (bass) on the band's eponymous first album, replaced by Fudgie Kae Solomon (bass, vocals) in 1972; Charles Padro (drums, percussion, vocals) for two albums, replaced by Neftali Santiago (drums, percussion, vocals); and Omar Mesa (guitar, vocals), replaced in 1974 by Doug Rodriguez (lead guitar, vocals). This completed the Mandrill line-up from the Polydor years 1970–1975 which make up the Mandrill sound. Other members of the band in later years included Juaquin Jessup (lead guitar, percussion, vocals) and Tommy Trujillo (guitar).
Their songs have been sampled by many hip-hop acts such as Johnny D, Public Enemy, DJ Shadow, Shawty Lo, Big L, Kanye West, Jin, Eminem, and 9th Wonder. They combined funk with many other styles such as Latin, salsa, rock, blues and soul.
Some of their songs have been used in the soundtracks of films: The Greatest (1977), directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman; and The Warriors (1979), directed by Walter Hill. The band continues to perform live. Their signature song is arguably "Fencewalk."
Composite Truth (1973) was the band's most commercially successful album.
Mandrill is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Mandrill is the world's largest species of monkey.
Mandrill may also refer to:
- Mandrill (band), American band
- Mandrill (comics), Marvel Comics character
- A miner's smallish pick for use in confined spaces
Mandrill is the debut album by Brooklyn, New York based band Mandrill released in 1971. The album peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard R&B albums chart.
Usage examples of "mandrill".
The original invoice charged for too many mice, or else gouged Mandrill outrageously.
I checked and rechecked, but Mandrill paid for two hundred twenty Webber mice, not twenty-two.
Why had Mandrill told her to do a cost analysis when he had a large staff within the research unit who could have done it easier and faster?
Either she thought I was a hopeless romantic, or my certainty that we would come up with something against Mandrill was contagious.
When she told him what she had found, what Mandrill had said and done, Peter had become white, and the rest of the wood as black as the pit.
So furious with Mandrill, wanting to lash out at him, she could have made a mistake.
Intrigued and puzzled, she went down the list carefully and there was his name, Herbert Mandrill, Biologist.
Herbert Mandrill, by his own account, had been advised to get out of physics, find something else to do.
Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening she rented a car and drove to the hotel where the Mandrill Institute had reserved an apartment for her, until she could find her own place, Peter had said when she called him.
Today, standing behind the table, Mandrill was all charm, smiling broadly at them as they entered.
Every idea, every experiment, every thought he has belongs to the institute, and I am the Mandrill Institute.
I watched the newscast, stunned by what they were saying, that Tilly Dunning, daughter of Congresswoman Marsha Dunning, had shot a coworker during an office party at the world-famous Mandrill Institute.
I had learned from a late newscast that Tilly had been cleared, that Mandrill was being accused of attempted murder.
He said they would cut a deal with Mandrill, the tape might never surface again.
Peter had already given the police his statement and that part was all right, although Mandrill is still denying everything.