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Where does “moncaí” come from?
moncaí (Irish) comes from English monkey, from German Moneke.
moncaí
(Irish): monkey; ape
Definitions
monkey; ape
Ancestry of “moncaí”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
monkey
Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2
German
Moneke
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