macaque
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of macaque
First recorded in 1690–1700; from French, from Portuguese macaco “monkey,” presumably from a Bantu language of the Atlantic coast; compare Lingala makako “ape”
Example Sentences
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Dozens of fans flocked to a Japanese zoo on Friday to catch a glimpse of a baby macaque who shot to social media stardom months after being abandoned by his mother.
From Barron's
By examining how the human brain processes the vocalizations of closely related species, such as chimpanzees, bonobos and macaques, they aimed to identify traits shared with other primates.
From Science Daily
To get a clearer picture, Tafazoli trained two male rhesus macaques to carry out three related tasks while recording activity across their brains.
From Science Daily
Until now, only humans and a few other vertebrates, including pigeons and macaques, were known to distinguish between these two durations.
From Science Daily
Borneo island has one of the world's largest tracts of rainforest and hosts orangutans, long-nosed monkeys, clouded leopards, pig-tailed macaques, flying fox bats and the smallest rhinos on the planet.
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