magot
noun
ma·got
məˈgō,
maˈ-,
mäˈ-
plural -s
1
: barbary ape
2
: a small grotesque figure of Chinese or Japanese style or workmanship
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from magog, magot deformed creature, from Magog, a nation represented in the New Testament as one that will be deceived by Satan (Revelation 20:8), from Magog, described in the Old Testament as a land from which the people under their king Gog wished to set forth to destroy Jerusalem (Ezekiel 38 & 39)