macaque

a pair of macaques

Meaning

Noun

Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.

Origin

From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). macaco

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