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CRAB-EATING MACAQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crab-eating macaque mean?
• CRAB-EATING MACAQUE (noun)
The noun CRAB-EATING MACAQUE has 1 sense:
1. monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
Familiarity information: CRAB-EATING MACAQUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Monkey of southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
crab-eating macaque; croo monkey; Macaca irus
Hypernyms ("crab-eating macaque" is a kind of...):
macaque (short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa)
Context examples
They are both cynomolgus monkeys, or crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis).
(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)
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