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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
macaco
 
SYLLABICATION:ma·ca·co
PRONUNCIATION:  m-käk
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ma·ca·cos
Any of various lemurs, especially the species Lemur macaco.
ETYMOLOGY:Portuguese, of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo ma-kako, monkeys : ma-, pl. n. pref. + kako, monkey.
 
 
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