məˈgō, maˈ-, mäˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from magog, magot deformed creature, from Magog, a nation represented in the NT as one that will be deceived by Satan (Rev 20:8), from Magog, described in the OT as a land from which the people under their king Gog wished to set forth to destroy Jerusalem (Ezek 38 & 39)
1. : barbary ape
2. : a small grotesque figure of Chinese or Japanese style or workmanship