"monkey-speak" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=monkey-speak}} monkey-speak (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of monkeyspeak. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: monkeyspeak
    Sense id: en-monkey-speak-en-noun-NEP9BKbL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "A band of pigtailed macaques, maybe 30, sat together on the shore, peering through wind-driven rain, bopping one another on the back and head, pointing toward the Andaman Sea and cackling, in monkey-speak, “Do you believe those people?”",
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