macaco
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of macaco
1685–95; from Portuguese: “monkey”; see origin at macaque ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
Pollen and van Dam, on the colours of Lemur macaco.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
The male of the Lemur macaco is generally coal-black, whilst the female is brown.
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
We went into Don Plat�n's little shop, we asked the young macaco for him, and we passed on into the workshop.
From Cæsar or Nothing by How, Louis
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 Wallace, Alfred Russel
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