n. 1. See Barbary ape. 2. A fanciful, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style rendered in a seated position. [French, from Old French magos, a kind of monkey, from Magog, Magos, Magog, name of biblical land (Ezekiel 38-39) and tribe (Revelation 20:8-9), used as an emblem of ugliness in medieval romances.] |
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