macaque

Definitions


[məˈkɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food


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




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