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1. (n.) capuchin
any New World monkey of the genus Cebus, having a prehensile tail and tufts of hair on the head.
2. capuchin
a hooded cloak for women.
3. capuchin
(cap.) a friar belonging to the Franciscan order that observes vows of poverty and austerity.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < MF < It cappuccino=cappucc(io)capuche+-ino -ine1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) capuchin
a hooded cloak for women
2. (noun) capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) capuchin
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
2. (noun) capuchin
a garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks
3. (noun) capuchin
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
4. (noun) capuchin
other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella
5. (noun) capuchin
a variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck
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