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magot

ma·got [ ma gṓ, mággət ] (plural ma·gots)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. vertebrates 
Same as  Barbary ape


2. crouching figurine: a crouching, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style

[Early 17th century. < Old French magos, a kind of monkey < Magog "Magog" (see Gog and Magog, used as emblems of ugliness in medieval romance)]
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