Akademik

Macaca

noun

macaques; rhesus monkeys

• Syn: ↑genus Macaca

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cercopithecidae, ↑family Cercopithecidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑macaque

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\\məˈkäkə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Portuguese, female monkey, feminine of macaco monkey

: a genus of Old World monkeys consisting of the macaques

Useful english dictionary. 2012.