magot
Noun
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Noun
magot (plural magots)
- (archaic) The Barbary ape.
- 1800, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
- 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.
- 1800, The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex (volume 31, page 16)
- (arts) A small grotesque figure depicted crouching on the covers of vases, etc.
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