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Webster 1913 Edition


Macacus


Ma-ca′cus

,
Noun.
[NL., a word of African origin. Cf.
Macaco
,
Macaque
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies, now usually called
Macaca
. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows. See also
Macaca
.