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Japanese macaque

Japanese macaque (plural Japanese macaques)

  1. A species of macaque, Macaca fuscata, native to Japan. [from 19th c.]
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 152:

      Japanese macaques have long red faces and eyes that are close-set like those of George W. Bush.

Macaca fuscata