Capuchin

Word CAPUCHIN
Character 8
Hyphenation cap u chin
Pronunciations /ˈkæpət͡ʃɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Capuchin"

What do we mean by capuchin?

A monk belonging to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an independent order of Franciscans founded in Italy in 1525–1528 and dedicated to preaching and missionary work. noun

A hooded cloak worn by women. noun

Any of several monkeys of the genus Cebus of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail and often a black or brown cap of hair on top of the head. noun

A large loose hood worn by women in the eighteenth century. noun

A hooded cloak of the same period. noun

A member of a mendicant order of Franciscan monks, founded in Italy in 1528 by Matteo di Bassi, and named from the long pointed capouch or cowl which is the distinguishing mark of their dress. noun

lowercase A variety of pigeon with a range of inverted feathers on the back of the head, like the cap or cowl of a monk. noun

3. lowercase A South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having black on the head, like the hood or cowl of a Capuchin; hence, any sapajou or monkey of the genus Cebus. Also written capucine. See cut under Cebinæ. noun

4. lowercase One of the baldheaded fruit-crows of South America, Gymnocephalus calvus. noun

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. noun

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

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. noun

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

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

One of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa. noun

A capuchin monkey. noun

A hooded cloak for women noun

Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl noun

A monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; (generally) a Franciscan.

A garment consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of Capuchin monks.

A capuchin monkey.

A hooded pigeon.

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The word "capuchin" in example sentences

The capuchin is a New World monkey, brown and cute, the size of a scrawny year-old human baby plus a long tail. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Attached to the coat was often a hood, known as a capuchin, which might be pulled over the toque as an additional head-covering on a journey through the storm. ❋ William Bennett Munro (1916)

Human as it sounds, loss aversion appears to be a trait we've inherited genetically because it is found in other primates, such as capuchin monkeys. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There are over 50 species of mammals present including opossums, bats, primates such as capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), squirrel monkeys (Saimira sciureus), howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) and Guianan saki (Pithecia pithecia), giant ant-eater (Myrmecophaga triactyla), carnivores including jaguar (Panthera onca), puma (Puma concolor), and ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), ungulates and rodents including the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris). ❋ Unknown (2008)

De Waal: Yes, the first experiment was with capuchin monkeys where we would put two monkeys side by side and we would give them rewards for a very simple task. ❋ Eric Michael Johnson (2011)

Pet capuchin monkeys can turn on their owners, experts warn ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oogie, another capuchin, used to belong to a dentist. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the capuchin monkey world of illiberal politics and "instinct for fairness", that's definitely a recipe for flung poo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, you and your colleague Sarah Brosnan discovered something very interesting in your study with chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys concerning economic behavior. ❋ Eric Michael Johnson (2011)

Animal rights activists have been talking about scenes of a capuchin monkey chain-smoking cigarettes in The Hangover Part II. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Izzy was the product of a lesbian divorce," Colleen says of a white-faced capuchin monkey named Isadora. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Without the ability to restrain impulsive behavior, you're like a capuchin on crack, lurching from this random item to the next, and before you know it you have an absentee life. ❋ Joe Robinson (2010)

Instead of waking up in a Las Vegas hotel room to find a baby, the hung-over buddies wake up in a Thai hotel room to find a capuchin monkey. ❋ Joe Morgenstern (2011)

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