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: any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms
especially
: rhesus monkey
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Monkey Parchment Coffee Rhesus monkeys or Formosan rock macaques produce Monkey Parchment coffee.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The pack of young female rhesus macaques monkeys escaped when a new employee at the center left the door to their enclosure open, Yemassee Town Administrator Matthew Garnes said during a briefing at the time.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Orange City is about a 60-mile drive from Silver Spring State Park, where a band of rhesus macaque monkeys has lived since the 1930s, when some were released by a local tour boat operator.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Researchers introduced rhesus macaques to the 38-acre island in 1938 and have been studying them ever since.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
The pack of young female rhesus macaques monkeys escaped when a new employee at the center left the door to their enclosure open, Yemassee Town Administrator Matthew Garnes said during a briefing at the time.
—Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Orange City is about a 60-mile drive from Silver Spring State Park, where a band of rhesus macaque monkeys has lived since the 1930s, when some were released by a local tour boat operator.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Researchers introduced rhesus macaques to the 38-acre island in 1938 and have been studying them ever since.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Macaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaque. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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: any of various monkeys mostly from Asia that includes some with either short or no tails
especially
: rhesus monkey
Etymology
French, from Portuguese macaco, from makaku, plural of kaku, name for an African monkey in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo
Medical Definition
: any of numerous short-tailed Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca and related genera chiefly of southern Asia
especially
: rhesus monkey
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