The Barbary ape.
mag'ot, n. the Barbary ape, the only species of monkey existing in Europe: a small grotesque figure, crouching on the covers of vases; &c.
(Zool.) The most common gen. of Eastern monkeys, found also in N. Africa and Gibraltar. Some spec. have long tails; others, as the Gibraltar monkey or Barbary ape, have none. Macacus, fam. Cercopithecidae.