macaque
[muh-kak, -kahk]
- any monkey of the genus Macaca, chiefly of Asia, characterized by cheek pouches and, usually, a short tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
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Among the primates beside Pithecanthropus there is a macaque.
Men of the Old Stone AgeHenry Fairfield Osborn
Fig. 236 shows this continuity of the descending and transverse mesocolon as a permanent adult condition in the macaque.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal CavityGeorge. S. Huntington
The Japanese Macaque (M. speciosus) is well known from the work of Japanese artists.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., MammaliaFrank Evers Beddard
Macaque, ma-kak′, n. a monkey of genus Macacus, between baboons and the African mangabeys.
The hair on the forehead of this is black, whereas that of the macaque is greenish.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
macaque
- any of various Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca, inhabiting wooded or rocky regions of Asia and Africa. Typically the tail is short or absent and cheek pouches are present
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Word Origin
C17: from French, from Portuguese macaco, from Fiot (a W African language) makaku, from kaku monkey
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Word Origin and History for macaque
n.
East Indian monkey, 1757, from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco "monkey," a Bantu word brought from Africa to Brazil (where it was applied 17c. to a type of monkey there). Introduced as a genus name 1840.
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