GENUS MACACA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Macaca mean? • GENUS MACACA (noun)
The noun GENUS MACACA has 1 sense:
1. macaques; rhesus monkeys
Familiarity information: GENUS MACACA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS MACACA (noun)
Meaning:
Macaques; rhesus monkeys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Macaca; Macaca
Hypernyms ("genus Macaca" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Macaca"):
macaque (short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa)
Holonyms ("genus Macaca" is a member of...):
Cercopithecidae; family Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey)
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