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- noun Plural form of
macaque .
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Examples
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The TRIM5-CypA gene found in Asian macaques is a hybrid of two existing proteins, TRIM5 and CypA.
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Misbehaving monkeys used to be rehabilitated at the island’s zoo but it stopped taking in macaques in 2002 because its cages were full.
Dealing with the Monkey Gangs of Singapore | Impact Lab 2007
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In 1999, the scientists reported that all great ape species had von Economo cells, but lesser primates, such as macaques, lemurs and tarsiers, did not.
Smithsonian - Brain Cells for Socializing William Harryman 2009
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Humans, apes and Old World monkeys, such as macaques and leaf monkeys, all have trichromatic vision, which allows these primates to distinguish between blue, green and red colors.
Primates Color Vision Defines Colors of Skin and Hair | Impact Lab 2007
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These monkeys are more often called "macaques" (from the French) when referred to in English by people who can tell one kind of monkey from another.
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Contributions focus on animals that routinely engage in homosexual behaviour and include birds, dolphin, deer, bison and cats, as well as monkey and apes, such as macaques, gorillas and bonobos.
Against Nature? An exhibition on animal homosexuality - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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There are many kinds of rare animals such as macaques, wild boars, pictuses.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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To Chinese peasants who were relatively immobile barbarians who resembled "macaques" would have been exotic indeed, but perhaps less so to nomadic populations who covered a great deal more ground as a matter of course.
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Primates, such as macaques, are also used to harvest coconuts.
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Primates, such as macaques, are also used to harvest coconuts.
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