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▪ I. macaco1|məˈkeɪkəʊ|
Also 7–8 macaquo, (erron. -guo), 9 macauco, vulgar maccacco, murkarker.
[a. Pg. macaco monkey, ape (whence macaquear to ape); cited (in the form macaquo) by Marcgrave Hist. Nat. Brazil (1648) 227 as the name used in Congo for this species of monkey.]
1. Originally, a South African monkey incidentally described by Marcgrave in his Natural History of Brazil, and after him by various writers on zoology. Subsequently applied to any monkey of the genus Macacus (either in its earlier or later extension); = macaque.
[1693Ray Syn. Anim. Quad. etc. 155 Cercopithecus angolensis major, Congensibus Macaquo Marcgr.] 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. 233 Of the monkies of the ancient continent, the first, he [Buffon] describes, is the Macaguo; somewhat resembling a baboon in size. 1854Bushnan in Circ. Sci. (c 1865) I. 290/2 In the mandril, pavian, and macacos, membranous sacs are observed. 1874Slang Dict., Murkarker, a monkey, vulgar Cockney pronunciation of Macauco... Jacko Macauco, or Maccacco, as he was mostly called, was the name of a famous fighting monkey, who used nearly fifty years ago to display his prowess at the Westminster Pit.
2. Comb.: macaco-wood, Tococa guianensis, a Brazilian shrub (Cassell); macaco-worm, the larva of a South American insect, Dermatobia noxialis, which infests the skin of animals.
1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites viii. 175 A gadfly found at Cayenne is distinguished by the name of the Macaco Worm; it..usually attacks the skin of oxen and dogs.
▪ II. macaco2|məˈkeɪkəʊ|
Also 8 mocock, mococo, 8–9 maucauco, 9 macauco.
[a. F. (Buffon) mococo; ulterior origin obscure. Cf. maki.]
A name applied to certain lemurs, esp. to the genus Lemur.
1751G. Edwards Nat. Hist. Birds, etc. iv. 197 The Maucauco..is about the Bigness of a middling sized Cat. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. IV. 239 The last of the monkey kind are the Makis... The first of this kind is the Mococo; a beautiful animal about the size of a common cat, but..of a longer make. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) IX. 785 Lemur, the Maucauco..1. The tardigradus, or tail-less maucauco. 1797S. James Narr. Voy. 141 The tail of the mocock, is the most beautiful that can be imagined. 1834Nat. Philos., Phys. Geog. 54/2 (U.K.S.) The flying macauco or lemur. 1839Penny Cycl. XIII. 419/1 The Makis, or Macaucos, properly so called, Lemur. 1840Blyth tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. (1849) 64 The Murine Macauco (Lemur murinus). 1884Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) I. 228 The Mongoose Lemur, or Woolly Macaco [Lemur mongoz]. |