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hare-lipped monkey

hare-lipped monkey noun: crab-eating macaque.

Noun

hare-lipped monkey (plural hare-lipped monkeys)

  1. (dated) crab-eating macaque
    • They are the common hare-lipped monkey (Macacus cynomolgus), which is found all over the western islands of the Archipelago, and may have been introduced by natives, who often carry it about captive.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 294

Forms of hare-lipped monkey

pluralhare-lipped monkeys

Questions about hare-lipped monkey

What does hare-lipped monkey mean?
Hare-lipped monkey means crab-eating macaque.
What part of speech is hare-lipped monkey?
Hare-lipped monkey is a noun.
What is the plural of hare-lipped monkey?
The plural of hare-lipped monkey is hare-lipped monkeys.

Words near hare-lipped monkey in the dictionary

  1. hare's-foot ferns
  2. hare's-tail
  3. hare-brained
  4. hare-hearted
  5. hare-lipped
  6. hare-lipped monkey
  7. hare-lipped monkeys
  8. hare-net
  9. hare-skin
  10. hare-skins
  11. hare-wallabies

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