macaco

American  

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

noun

• macacos
  plural

1. Obsolete. macaque.

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macaco British  

/ məˈkɑːkəʊ, -ˈkeɪ- /

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

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Etymology

Origin of macaco

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

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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 Anatole France

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

From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

We made a very substantial meal, John and I agreeing that the big macaco was very nice food.

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

The female of the great red kangaroo, however, is a delicate gray; while in the Lemur macaco of Madagascar the male is jet-black and the female brown.

From Darwinism (1889) by Alfred Russel Wallace

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 Henry Walter Bates

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 William Henry Giles Kingston

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