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macaque
(mə käk′)
noun
any of a genus (Macaca) of monkeys of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, with a long or short tail that is not prehensile, including the rhesus monkey and Barbary ape
Origin: Fr < Port macaco, monkey
See macaque in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of several short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca of southeast Asia, Japan, Gibraltar, and northern Africa.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , from Portuguese macaco; see macaco
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