rhesus
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- rhesian adjective
Etymology
Origin of rhesus
1830–40; < New Latin, arbitrary use of Latin Rhēsus name of a Thracian king allied with Troy < Greek Rhêsos
Example Sentences
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In the study, pregnant rhesus monkeys were placed into different conditions.
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
On a tiny island called Cayo Santiago off the coast of Puerto Rico exists a colony of about 1,800 rhesus macaques.
From Salon
The rhesus macaque fugitives busted out of Alpha Genesis, a company that breeds primates for medical testing and research, and are on the loose in a part of the state known as the Lowcountry.
From BBC
By decoding monkeys' reward expectations from the neural activity, they were able to predict how long the rhesus monkeys were willing to wait for a higher reward and when they decided to choose another option.
From Science Daily
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