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Macaca mulatta
(gcide) | Macaca \Macaca\ prop. n.
A genus of macaques including the rhesus monkey ({Macaca
mulatta}), much used in laboratory biomedical research.
Formerly called Macacus.
Syn: genus Macaca.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Macaca mulatta
(gcide) | Macaca mulatta \Macaca mulatta\ n.
The rhesus monkey of South Asia; used in medical research.
Syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Macaca mulatta
(gcide) | Macaque \Ma`caque"\, n. [F. See Macacus.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the
genus Macaca (formerly Macacus), found in rocky regions
of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque of
the East Indies.
Note: Macaca mulatta is the Rhesus monkey, much used in
biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used
in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the
Rhesus monkey).
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
macaca mulatta
(wn) | Macaca mulatta
n 1: of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus,
rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta] |
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