| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| macaque |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·caque |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m -k k , -käk |
| NOUN: | Any of several short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca of southeast Asia, Japan, Gibraltar, and northern Africa. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Portuguese macaco. See macaco.
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