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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brown to grayish monkey (Macaca mulatta) found from Pakistan to eastern China and used extensively in biological and medical research.
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- noun The
rhesus macaque ,Macaca mulatta
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- noun of southern Asia; used in medical research
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