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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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