rhesus monkey

1. 1.

   of southern Asia; used in medical research

   SynonymsrhesusMacaca mulatta

   Broadermacaque

Questions about rhesus monkey

What does rhesus monkey mean?

rhesus monkey means "of southern Asia; used in medical research".

What is another word for rhesus monkey?

Close synonyms include rhesus, Macaca mulatta. 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 rhesus monkey a common word?

rhesus monkey 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.