Meaning of magot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco along with a small population of uncertain origin in Gibraltar.
   archaic
2. A surname.
3. A seated oriental figurine, usually of porcelain or ivory, of a grotesque form

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Examples

“The magot differs from the ape by having a long muzzle and large canine teeth; and from the baboon by having no actual tail; though it has an exuberance of skin which bears that appearance.”

CEFR level