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: any of a genus (Macaca) of chiefly Asian monkeys typically having a sturdy build and including some short-tailed or tailless forms
especially
: rhesus monkey
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An aggrieved macaque will settle scores, sometimes attacking a family member of the perpetrator.
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Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
In one of the recent studies, a team led by scientists at Scripps Research Institute reported success with the first part of this process — selectively activating rare B cells and beginning to guide their maturation — in all eight rhesus macaques examined.
—Annalisa Merelli and Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 17 May 2024
On April 23, Japanese macaque Rikka gave birth to a new baby.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
The missing monkey is a Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as a snow monkey that is native to Japan.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
Man’s reliance on monkeys for medical insight goes back centuries: Galen, famed physician of ancient Rome, used macaques for his influential anatomical studies in the second century AD.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
The species' relative the Rhesus macaque is already established in Florida and carries a deadly strain of herpes that the crab-eating macaque could become carriers for.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Between December 2017 and September 2022, Kry was accused of negotiating with the two co-conspirators over the pricing of wild macaques to be captured and delivered to monkey breeding facilities in Cambodia.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
During Frans’s early years in academia, a job studying macaques led him to develop a specialty in apes.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
In one of the recent studies, a team led by scientists at Scripps Research Institute reported success with the first part of this process — selectively activating rare B cells and beginning to guide their maturation — in all eight rhesus macaques examined.
—Annalisa Merelli and Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 17 May 2024
On April 23, Japanese macaque Rikka gave birth to a new baby.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2024
The missing monkey is a Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as a snow monkey that is native to Japan.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
Man’s reliance on monkeys for medical insight goes back centuries: Galen, famed physician of ancient Rome, used macaques for his influential anatomical studies in the second century AD.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
The species' relative the Rhesus macaque is already established in Florida and carries a deadly strain of herpes that the crab-eating macaque could become carriers for.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Between December 2017 and September 2022, Kry was accused of negotiating with the two co-conspirators over the pricing of wild macaques to be captured and delivered to monkey breeding facilities in Cambodia.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
During Frans’s early years in academia, a job studying macaques led him to develop a specialty in apes.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Macaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macaque. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
: any of various monkeys mostly from Asia that includes some with either short or no tails
especially
: rhesus monkey
Etymology
French, from Portuguese macaco, from makaku, plural of kaku, name for an African monkey in one or more Bantu languages of Gabon and Congo
Medical Definition
: any of numerous short-tailed Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca and related genera chiefly of southern Asia
especially
: rhesus monkey
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