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macaque

Definition of macaque

noun

  • a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food.
    • Genus Macaca, family Cercopithecidae: several species, including the rhesus monkey

Origin:

late 17th century: via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural) + kaku 'monkey'

macaque in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of macaque in the US English dictionary