macaque
/məˈkɑːk/noun
1- a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food猕猴; 恒河猴。
1.1
- Genus Macaca, family Cercopithecidae: several species, including the rhesus monkey and the barbary ape.猕猴属, 猴科, 数种, 包括猕猴和叟猴。
词源
late 17th cent.: via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural) + kaku 'monkey'.