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cynomolgus

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, often

Examples

  • 2019, Kira Jane Buxton, Hollow Kingdom, Hachette UK (Headline Publishing Group), unnumbered page, MoFos never gave up on the belief that they could land on the moon, and, by thunder, they did it! (After sensibly sending up a few test subjects including cats, tortoises, mice, mealworms, a rabbit, chimpanzees, rhesus macaques, squirrel monkeys, cynomolguses and pig-tailed monkeys, a boatload of dogs, and some fruit flies.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἀμέλγω (amélgō, “to milk”). Apparently from a word coined by Aristophanes of Byzantium for a race of humans with long hair and beards who hunted with dogs and, according to Aristophanes, milked them. (See Crab-eating macaque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).