macaco

American  

[muh-kah-koh, -key-] / məˈkɑ koʊ, -ˈkeɪ- /

noun

macacos plural

1. Obsolete. macaque.

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macaco British  

/ -ˈkeɪ-, məˈkɑːkəʊ /

noun

1. any of various lemurs, esp Lemur macaco, the males of which are usually black and the females brown

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• macacos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of macaco

1685–95; from Portuguese: “monkey”; see origin at macaque ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

macaco macacos

There on some rank straw and old bits of cloth, a young macaco with a chain round his middle sat and shivered.

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole

The male of the Lemur macaco is generally coal-black, whilst the female is brown.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Pollen and van Dam, on the colours of Lemur macaco.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Duppo picked up one of them, and found another piece close by which fitted on to it, and then told us that they were called monkeys’ drinking-cups; the Portuguese call them cuyas de macaco.

From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.

It bears the name of Cacao de macaco, or monkey's chocolate, but the seeds are smaller than those of the common cacao.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

They are called by the Portuguese macacos barrigudos, or big-bellied monkeys.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles