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macaque
 
SYLLABICATION:ma·caque
PRONUNCIATION:  m-kk, -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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