Meanings
plural cynomolguses
- attributiveoftenA long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
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 3052 more examples
[…]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 1572019, 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.
Synonyms: cynomolgus monkey, crab-eating macaque
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκύων“dog”
- Englishcynomolgus
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 ).
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