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Capuchin
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What's The Definition Of Capuchin?
[n] a hooded cloak for women
[n] monkey of Central and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head Synonyms | Synonyms for Capuchin: Cebus capucinus | ringtail Related Terms | Find terms related to Capuchin: See Also | Cebus | cloak | genus Cebus | New World monkey Capuchin In Webster's Dictionary \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
1. (Eccl.) 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.
A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
monks.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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}.
(b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown
or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the
{cararara}), and {C. apella}.
(c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
{Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
recently been founded by Maria Longa.
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