How to pronounce mandrill
American English pronunciation
MAN-dril
- IPA
- /ˈmændɹɪl/
- Syllables
- MAN · dril (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mandrill means
A large monkey with a bright red and blue face
In a sentence: The mandrill flashed its colorful face at the visitors, then went back to eating fruit.
Where it comes from: It's man plus drill, the name of a related African monkey, and was first recorded in 1744. It replaced an older name, man-tiger.
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