Sapajou

[sæpәdʒu:]

Definition

(n.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.

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Definition

n. a name sometimes applied to all that division of American monkeys which have a prehensile tail and sometimes limited to those of them which are of a slender form as the genera Ateles or spider-monkey Cebus &c.—Also Sajou′.

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