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Definition of macaque noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

macaque

noun
 
/məˈkæk/,
 
/məˈkɑːk/
 
/məˈkæk/,
 
/məˈkɑːk/
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  1. a type of monkey that lives in Africa and Asia
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural) + kaku ‘monkey’.
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