genus macaca

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   macaques; rhesus monkeys

   SynonymsMacaca

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofCercopithecidae

Questions about genus macaca

What does genus macaca mean?

genus macaca means "macaques; rhesus monkeys".

What is another word for genus macaca?

Close synonyms include Macaca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus macaca a common word?

genus macaca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.