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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A brown to grayish monkey (Macaca mulatta) found from Pakistan to eastern China and used extensively in biological and medical research.

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  • noun The rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta

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  • noun of southern Asia; used in medical research

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