Definitions for gelada

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gelada gel·a·da

Spelling: [jel-uh-duh, juh-lah

IPA: /ˈdʒɛl ə də, dʒəˈlɑ-/

Gelada is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in gelada (aadegl).

Definitions for gelada

noun

1. a 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.

Origin of gelada

1835-45; Amharic čʾällada; perhaps akin to the Cushitic word for the baboon; compare Oromo jaldeessa

Examples for gelada

The gelada inhabits the mountains of Abyssinia, where, like other baboons, it descends in droves to pillage cultivated lands.

Almost as odd-looking as the mandrill, though in quite a different way, is the gelada, which is found in Abyssinia.