Rhesus

2 definitions found

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

  Rhesus \Rhe"sus\, n. [L. Rhesus, a proper name, Gr. ???.]
     (Zool.)
     A monkey; the bhunder.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rhesus
       n : of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: {rhesus
           monkey}, {Macaca mulatta}]