cynomolgus

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English

A cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis)

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 ).

Noun

cynomolgus (plural cynomolguses)

  1. (often attributive) A long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
    • 1953, “Atti del VI Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia”, in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Microbiology‎, volume 3, page 157:
      […] 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.
    • 1978, B. J. Catley, 5: Glycoproteins, Glycopeptides, and Animal Polysaccharides, J. S. Brimacombe (editor), Carbohydrate Chemistry, Volume 10, The Chemical Society, page 305,
      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.

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Commonly used in laboratory contexts.

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