Macaque
/məˈkæk/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa wordnet
Example
More examples"Do you see the macaque with its baby?"
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.