macaque — ONAD

macaque /məˈkäk, , məˈkɑk

, məˈkak, məˈkæk

▸ noun (also macaque monkey) a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food.

Genus Macaca, family Cercopithecidae: several species, including the rhesus monkey and the Barbary ape.

– ORIGIN late 17th century : via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural) + kaku ‘monkey’.