Macaque

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Macaque \Ma`caque"\, n. [F. See {Macacus}.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the
     genus {Macaca} (formerly {Macacus}), found in rocky regions
     of Asia and Africa; as, {Macaca maurus}, the moor macaque of
     the East Indies.
  


     Note: {Macaca mulatta} is the {Rhesus monkey}, much used in
           biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used
           in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the
           Rhesus monkey).
           [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  macaque
       n : short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa