Library / English Dictionary

MACACA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Macaques; rhesus monkeys

Synonyms:

genus Macaca; Macaca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Macaca" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Macaca"):

macaque (short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa)

Holonyms ("Macaca" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)

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