MACACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macaca mean? 

• MACACA (noun)
  The noun MACACA has 1 sense:

1. macaques; rhesus monkeys

  Familiarity information: MACACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Macaques; rhesus monkeys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Macaca; Macaca

Hypernyms ("Macaca" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Macaca"):

macaque (short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa)

Holonyms ("Macaca" is a member of...):

Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)

 Context examples 

The macaque, Macaca fascicularis, which originates from Mauritius.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A macaque, Macaca fascicularis (M. cynomolgus), found mostly in southeastern Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines.

(Cynomolgus Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

They are both cynomolgus monkeys, or crab-eating macaques (Macaca fascicularis).

(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)

A medium-sized macaque that tends to be an opportunistic omnivore, the Macaca fascicularis has grey-brown or reddish-brown fur that lightens ventrally, and cheek whiskers.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

The macaque, Macaca fascicularis.

(Cynomolgus Monkey, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)