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macaque

macaque

5 9.6
A medium-sized monkey with a short tail that lives in rocky places in Asia and Africa
  • noun
  • /məˈkæk/
translation icon : macaque
  • Other species, such as the crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), have no problem surviving in a beach habitat.
  • rhesus macaque

The eyes of certain monkeys like macaque monkeys are remarkably similar to human eyes.

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Examples

  • A small part of a macaque's brain is activated when it sees another monkey making a mistake.

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  • A group of macaques groomed each other while sitting on a rock.

  • And so he actually did experiments in macaque monkeys.

  • The eyes of certain monkeys like macaque monkeys are remarkably similar to human eyes.

  • That one there is a macaque, those two are rhesus, and the bunch up there are langurs.

  • To investigate, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey.

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  • Long-tailed and pigtailed macaques could also be seen foraging on the ground and clambering through the trees.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The stump-tailed macaque is the only mammal other than Homo sapiens to exhibit male pattern baldness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The most significant species occurring here are the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) and the Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis).

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  • The playful macaque swung from branch to branch in the forest.

Compounds

9.9

A medium-sized monkey from southern India with a rounded tuft of hair on its head

9.9

A monkey with a small tuft of hair on its head that lives in northeastern India

crab-eating macaque
  • Philippine
8.2

A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers

How Big

baboon
60 2.5
macaque
5 9.6
capuchin
4 8.2
tamarin
1 8.6

Surface Forms

macaque singular
macaques plural

Etymology

The word macaque comes from the Portuguese macaco, which itself came from an African word for 'monkey'. So a macaque is simply the local name for this kind of short-tailed monkey, and that origin helps you remember its meaning.