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macaca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun macaca has 1 sense
- macaca(n = noun.animal) genus macaca - macaques; rhesus monkeys; Array is a kind of mammal genus
is a member of cercopithecidae, family cercopithecidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
macaca, prop. n.
A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta ), much used in laboratory biomedical research. Formerly called Macacus . [WordNet 1.5]
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