macaque

American  

[muh-kak, -kahk] / məˈkæk, -ˈkɑk /

noun

1. 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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macaque British  

/ məˈkɑːk /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of macaque

First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Portuguese macaco “monkey,” presumably from a Bantu language of the Atlantic coast; compare Lingala makako “ape”

Example Sentences

In India's Western Ghats, a lion-tailed macaque races along a path, its infant clinging close and both pairs of eyes fixed ahead.

From BBC

"While dominant individuals may show disciplining actions toward their subordinates, as macaques do naturally, these actions in the macaque society 'differ from human abuses'," it said.

From Barron's

Over the course of two winters, they tracked a group of female macaques, comparing those that frequently bathed in hot springs with those that rarely or never did.

From Science Daily

Dozens of fans flocked to a Japanese zoo on Friday to catch a glimpse of a baby macaque who shot to social media stardom months after being abandoned by his mother.

From Barron's

By examining how the human brain processes the vocalizations of closely related species, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and macaques, they aimed to identify traits shared with other primates.

From Science Daily