Plural of chacma; multiple chacma baboons.
From singular 'chacma' with the standard English plural suffix '-s,' which became the dominant pluralization method in English by the Middle English period.
Many African animal names entered English through Afrikaans and local languages—'chacma,' 'gnu,' 'wildebeest'—showing how much our vocabulary comes from cultures that lived alongside these animals.
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