rhesus monkey
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of rhesus monkey
C19: New Latin, arbitrarily from Greek Rhesos Rhesus
Example Sentences
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Writing in the journal Nature communications, the researchers say they have essentially done the same thing but with a rhesus monkey.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024
“Like an orphaned rhesus monkey in the snow. It’s a howl of pain or rage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Researchers discovered the virus that came to be called Zika in 1947 in the blood of a rhesus monkey in Uganda’s Zika Forest.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2020
It was all harmless fun at first for Baker, a squirrel monkey, and her space travel companion, Able, a rhesus monkey, in the run-up to their 16-minute space flight on May 28, 1959.
From Time ● Nov. 7, 2017
His voice was as loud as the scolding of a rhesus monkey high in the sundari trees.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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