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 of macaque
French from Portuguese macaco, monkeymacaque
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macaque
noun
Any of a diverse group of monkeys of the genus Macaca of Asia, Gibraltar, and northern Africa, and including the Barbary ape and the rhesus monkey.
Origin of macaque
French from Portuguese macaco of Bantu origin Kongo makako monkeys ma- pl. n. pref. -kako monkeyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).
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macaque - Medical Definition
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Any of a diverse group of monkeys of the genus Macaca of Asia, Gibraltar, and northern Africa, and including the Barbary ape and the rhesus monkey.
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Sentence Examples
- There are several local races, one of which was long regarded as a separate species under the name of the Moor macaque, Macacus maurus.
- MACAQUE, a name of French origin denoting the monkeys of the mainly Asiatic genus Macacus, of which one species, the Barbary ape, inhabits North Africa and the rock of Gibraltar.