macaque

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  1. noun Any of several short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca of southeast Asia, Japan, Gibraltar, and northern Africa.

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  • They juggle a little + a capuchin female named Pango + a crested macaque, 3 snow monkeys (one quite young), and a Java macaque. —  Asimov'sSF,July2008
  • The strain of HIV -- called simian-tropic HIV-1, or stHIV-1 -- was developed by altering a single gene in the human version of the virus to allow it to infect a pig-tailed macaque, according to researchers. —  THE MEDICAL NEWS
  • For comparison, they also created a computer model for a toothy modern primate, the crab-eating macaque. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • Three groups of six macaque monkeys each were exposed to oral haloperidol, olanzapine or sham for a 17-27 month period. —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • Bieniasz said the results show that a single pill containing the three drugs - such as the commercial product Atripla -- has the potential to prevent HIV infection in macaque monkeys, and perhaps humans. —  HHMI News
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  1. French, from Portuguese macaco; see macaco.

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  1. from French macaque, from macaco, macaquo, a native name: see macaco, Macacus.
 

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