papion

Probably from a native name: compare Spanish papión.

papion (plural papions)

1. The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)

• papion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• Popian

papion m (plural papions)

1. baboon

• “papion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French papillon.

papion n (plural papioane)

1. bowtie