Cynomolgus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cynomolgus is a noun meaning (often attributive) A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
Meaning
(often attributive) A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
Example Sentences
Similarities also exist between the antigenic properties of the β₁-glycoproteins obtained from chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, cynomolguses, and baboons.
[…]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.
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.
Word Forms
- cynomolguses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include macaque, monkey, cynomorph, colugo, macaco, cynognathid.
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