Magot

noun

2. A fanciful, often grotesque figurine in the Japanese or Chinese style rendered in a seated position.
3. A Middle English form of maggot.
4. The Barbary ape, Inuus ecaudatus, which has a small tubercle in place of a tail.
5. A small grotesque figure; especially, one of the crouching or cross-legged figures common in Chinese or other Oriental art as knobs on the covers of large vases, and in similar uses.