rhesus

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From New Latin rhēsus, arbitrary formation from Latin Rhēsus, from Ancient Greek Ῥῆσος (Rhêsos), mythical Thracian king.

112; Aeschўlus (Persae, 494); Euripides (Rhesus, 922, 972). — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
From what he says, however, I should suppose some of his heroes to be the same as the Macacus Rhesus. — Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, R., Mrs. Lee
From him they are informed of the situation of the Trojan and auxiliary forces, and particularly of Rhesus, and the Thracians who were lately arrived. — The Iliad, Homer

rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta

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