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| ma·got [ ma gṓ, mággət ] (plural ma·gots) |
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1. vertebrates Same as Barbary ape
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2. crouching figurine: a crouching, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style
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| [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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