rhesus
[ ree-suh s ]
/ ˈri səs /
noun
a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine.
Origin of rhesus
1830–40; < New Latin, arbitrary use of Latin
Rhēsus name of a Thracian king allied with Troy < Greek
Rhêsos
OTHER WORDS FROM rhesus
rhe·sian [ree-shuh n] /ˈri ʃən/, adjectiveWords nearby rhesus
rheostosis,
rheotaxis,
rheotron,
rheotropism,
rhestocythemia,
rhesus,
rhesus baby,
rhesus factor,
rhesus monkey,
rhet.,
rhetian
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British Dictionary definitions for rhesus
Rhesus
/ (ˈriːsəs) /
noun
Greek myth
a king of Thrace, who arrived in the tenth year of the Trojan War to aid Troy. Odysseus and Diomedes stole his horses because an oracle had said that if these horses drank from the River Xanthus, Troy would not fall