Definition of macaque Macaque
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What does macaque mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: macaques |
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| macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa | ||
| catarrhine, old world monkey of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together | ||
| genus macaca, macaca macaques; rhesus monkeys | ||
| macaca mulatta, rhesus, rhesus monkey of southern Asia; used in medical research | ||
| bonnet macaque, bonnet monkey, capped macaque, crown monkey, macaca radiata Indian macaque with a bonnet-like tuft of hair | ||
| barbary ape, macaca sylvana tailless macaque of rocky cliffs and forests of northwestern Africa and Gibraltar | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- macaque (n.)
Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
Part of speech
🔤- macaque, noun, singular of macaques.
