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macaque (n.)

East Indian monkey, 1757, from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco "monkey," a Bantu word brought from Africa to Brazil (where it was applied 17c. to a type of monkey there). Introduced as a genus name 1840.

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Definitions of macaque from WordNet

macaque (n.)
short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa;
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