Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cynomolgus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: cynomol-gus
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.

Example Sentences

"[…]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."
"Similarities also exist between the antigenic properties of the β₁-glycoproteins obtained from chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, cynomolguses, and baboons."
"2019, 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."

Etymology

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 ).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κύων

Inflected Forms

cynomolguses (plural)

Synonyms

cynomolgus monkey crab-eating macaque

Questions

What does cynomolgus mean?: A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
Where does cynomolgus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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