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cynomolgus

cynomolgus noun: a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.

cynomolgus: a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish
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Noun

cynomolgus (plural cynomolguses)

  1. (attributive, often) A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
    • […]but no «mouse-virulent» virus could be recovered on passage in other mice although titration in cynomolgus renal epithelial cells showed that virus replication had occurred.1953, “Atti del VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia”, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Microbiology, volume 3, page 157
    • Similarities also exist between the antigenic properties of the β₁-glycoproteins obtained from chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, cynomolguses, and baboons.1978, B. J. Catley, “5: Glycoproteins, Glycopeptides, and Animal Polysaccharides”, in J. S. Brimacombe, editor, Carbohydrate Chemistry, volume 10, The Chemical Society, page 305
    Synonyms:
    cynomolgus monkey, crab-eating macaque

Synonyms of cynomolgus

Forms of cynomolgus

pluralcynomolguses

Origin of cynomolgus

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 ).

Questions about cynomolgus

What does cynomolgus mean?
Cynomolgus means a long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
What part of speech is cynomolgus?
Cynomolgus is a noun.
What is the plural of cynomolgus?
The plural of cynomolgus is cynomolguses.

Words near cynomolgus in the dictionary

  1. cynologist
  2. cynologists
  3. cynology
  4. cynomania
  5. cynomolgous
  6. cynomolgus
  7. cynomolguses
  8. cynomorph
  9. cynomorphic
  10. cynomorphism
  11. cynomorphs

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