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ma⋅ca⋅co

  [muh-kah-koh, -key-]
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–noun, plural -cos.
1. any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
2. Obsolete. macaque.
Origin:
1685–95; < Pg: monkey, presumably < a Bantu language of the Atlantic coast; cf. Lingala makako ape
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ma·ca·co   (mə-kä'kō)   
n.   pl. ma·ca·cos
Any of various lemurs, especially the species Lemur macaco.

[Portuguese, of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo ma-kako, monkeys : ma-, pl. n. pref. + kako, monkey.]
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