MACAQUE

macaque

(noun) short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

macaque (plural macaques)

Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.

Source: Wiktionary


Ma`caque", n. [F. See Macacus.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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