Definition of
Macaque
- (noun, animal) short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa
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Alternate forms of Macaque
Hyponyms: barbary ape, bonnet macaque, bonnet monkey, capped macaque, crab-eating macaque, croo monkey, crown monkey, macaca irus, macaca mulatta, macaca radiata, macaca sylvana, rhesus, rhesus monkey
Hypernyms: catarrhine, old world monkey
Origin of the word Macaque
- E. Indian monkey, 1757, from Fr., from Port. macaco "monkey," a Bantu word brought from Africa to Brazil (where it was applied 17c. to a type of monkey there). Introduced as a genus name 1840. more
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