macaco
[ muh-kah-koh, -key- ]
/ məˈkɑ koʊ, -ˈkeɪ- /
noun, plural ma·ca·cos.
any of several lemurs, as Lemur macaco.
Obsolete.
macaque.
Origin of macaco
1685–95; < Portuguese: monkey, presumably < a Bantu language of the Atlantic coast; compare Lingala
makako ape
Words nearby macaco
Example sentences from the Web for macaco
[Manny and his former coach, Macaco] had just gotten back from Brazil.
He's like, "Oh man, Shawn, I wish you could have been there—Macaco got married!"
Another kind of bot known as the Macaco worm (Cuterebra noxialis) occasionally attacks man, but more frequently cattle and dogs.
Parasites |T. Spencer CobboldThe Macaco apes constitute another genus, which forms the link between the guenons and the baboons, or dog-headed monkeys.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found |Mayne Reid
British Dictionary definitions for macaco
macaco
/ (məˈkɑːkəʊ, -ˈkeɪ-) /
noun plural -cos
any of various lemurs, esp Lemur macaco, the males of which are usually black and the females brown
Word Origin for macaco
C18: from French
mococo, of unknown origin