CYNOMOLGUS MONKEY

[cy.no.mol.gus monkey] n [NL, alter. of cynamolgus, fr. L, member of an ancient tribe in Africa, fr. Gk Kynamolgoi, lit., dog milkers] (1936): a macaque (Macaca fascicularis syn. M. cynomolgus) of southeastern Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines that sometimes feeds on marine crustaceans and shellfish and is often used in medical research