Transcription
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- [ree-suh s]
- /ˈri səs/
- /ˈriːsəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ree-suh s]
- /ˈri səs/
Definitions of rhesus word
- noun rhesus a macaque, Macaca mulatta, of India, used in experimental medicine. 1
- noun rhesus Rh factor: blood type 1
- noun rhesus Indian monkey 1
- noun rhesus a king of Thrace, who arrived in the tenth year of the Trojan War to aid Troy. Odysseus and Diomedes stole his horses because an oracle had said that if these horses drank from the River Xanthus, Troy would not fall 0
- noun rhesus a brownish-yellow macaque (Macaca mulatta) of India, often kept in zoos and used extensively in biological and medical research 0
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Origin of rhesus
First appearance:
before 1830 One of the 36% newest English words
1830-40; < New Latin, arbitrary use of Latin Rhēsus name of a Thracian king allied with Troy < Greek Rhêsos
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Parts of speech for Rhesus
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rhesus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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