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macaque
CIDE DICTIONARY
macaque, n. [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 Rh esus 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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