MACAQUE


Meaning of MACAQUE in English

/ məˈkæk; NAmE ; -ˈkɑːk/ noun

a type of monkey that lives in Africa and Asia

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WORD ORIGIN

late 17th cent.: via French and Portuguese ; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural) + kaku monkey.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.