Capuchin

['kæpjʊ,tʃɪn]

Definition

(noun.) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl.

(noun.) a hooded cloak for women.

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Definition

(n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

(n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

(n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.

(n.) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.

(n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

Inputed by Boris

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Franciscan friar or monk.

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