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macaque

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ma=caque

CIDE DICTIONARY

macaquen. [F. See Macacus.].
     Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca (formerly Macacus), found in rocky regions of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
    "Macaca mulatta is the Rhesus monkey, much used in biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the Rhesus monkey)."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

macaque, n. any monkey of the genus Macaca, including the rhesus monkey and Barbary ape, having prominent cheek pouches and usu. a long tail.

Etymology
F f. Port. macaco f. Fiot makaku some monkeys f. kaku monkey

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