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macaco

/məˈkeɪkəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
maca-co
IPA
/məˈkeɪkəʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A macaque, or similar monkey.

noun

Any of several species of lemur, including the white-headed lemur, ruffed lemur, and ring-tailed lemur.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Portuguese macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

macacos (plural) macacoes (plural) macauco (alternative) maucaco (alternative)

Phrases

ring-tailed macaco ring-tailed macauco crowned macauco

Questions

How do you pronounce macaco?
The recorded pronunciation is /məˈkeɪkəʊ/.
What does macaco mean?
A macaque, or similar monkey.
Where does macaco come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

How to pronounce macaco

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