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マンドリル (mandoriru) Japanese meaning: mandrill | Kotomora

マンドリル

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Meanings

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mandrill

Refers to the primate species Mandrillus sphinx, known for its colorful face and rump.

動どう物ぶつ園えんでマンドリルを見みた。
I saw a mandrill at the zoo.

Don't confuse with

ドリルN1
マンドリル is the well-known mandrill, while ドリル in its zoological sense refers to the much rarer, closely related drill monkey.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'mandrill', which itself comes from 'man' + 'drill' (a West African word for baboon).