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gel•a•da
( jel′ə də, jə lä′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Zoology, Mammalsa large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- Amharic č’ällada; perh. akin to the Cushitic word for the baboon; compare Oromo jaldeessa
- 1835–45