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Macaque

//məˈkæk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.

    "They are able to recall past images and apply them to current problem solving. In other words, macaques employ memory in order to survive."

  2. 2
    short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.

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