rhesus

[ ree-suhs ]

/ ˈri səs /

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noun

a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine.

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Origin of rhesus

1830–40; <New Latin, arbitrary use of Latin Rhēsus name of a Thracian king allied with Troy <Greek Rhêsos

OTHER WORDS FROM rhesus

rhe·sian

[ree-shuhn], /ˈri ʃən/, adjective

Words nearby rhesus

rheostosis, rheotaxis, rheotron, rheotropism, rhestocythemia, rhesus, rhesus baby, Rhesus factor, rhesus monkey, rhet., Rhetic

How to use rhesus in a sentence

In April, researchers working with the company showed off videos of a rhesus monkey named Pager who can play the classic paddle game using thought signals.
A paralyzed man is challenging Neuralink’s monkey to a match of mind Pong|Antonio Regalado|May 14, 2021|MIT Technology Review
An odd new study involving rhesus macaque monkeys, ethanol, and vaccines has found some benefit to moderate drinking.
Drink to Your Health? How Alcohol Might Actually Be Good for You|Kent Sepkowitz|December 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The great rhesus wars of 2012 demonstrate just that, and show us that healthy food, not less food, is important for a long life.
New Research Contradicts Calorie-Restriction Claims|Kent Sepkowitz|September 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But is the latest rhesus news really a victory for the slobs and snails?
New Research Contradicts Calorie-Restriction Claims|Kent Sepkowitz|September 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Odysseus drives the horses of Rhesus out of the camp with the bow of Meriones; he has forgotten to take the whip from the chariot.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
The Rhesus, a feeble production long attributed to Euripides, is almost certainly not his work.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|Various
One, the work of the American, Kinnaman, on two Rhesus monkeys.
Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst
Rhesus slept in the midst, and beside him his swift horses were fastened by the reins to the outer rim 357 of the chariot.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer
They were probably the Indian baboon (Macacus rhesus) and, for animals which had not been hunted, were most extraordinarily wild.
Camps and Trails in China|Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

British Dictionary definitions for rhesus

Rhesus

/ (ˈriːsəs) /

noun

Greek myth a king of Thrace, who arrived in the tenth year of the Trojan War to aid Troy. Odysseus and Diomedes stole his horses because an oracle had said that if these horses drank from the River Xanthus, Troy would not fall

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