macaco
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of macaco
1685–95; from Portuguese: “monkey”; see origin at macaque ( def. )
Example Sentences
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I stood in front of a Yankee Stadium gate and called Macaco on his cellphone.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2011
His Dominican former Little League coach from Washington Heights, Carlos Ferreira, known by the nickname Macaco, had given Manny my number.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2011
This is also a winding channel, thirty-five miles in length, threading a group of islands, but it is much narrower than the Macaco.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
Of the remainder, the most remarkable is the Macaco barrigudo, or bag- bellied monkey of the Portuguese colonists, a species of Lagothrix.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
On the 30th, at 9 p.m., we reached a broad channel called Macaco, and now left the dark, echoing Jaburu.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
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