capuchin
IPA: kɑpˈutʃɪn
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.
- A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars.
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Examples of "capuchin" in Sentences
- The capuchins then help the disabled.
- Pretty sure that's a Capuchin monkey.
- The White headed Capuchin is an omnivore.
- It now houses a community of Capuchin Friars.
- I have merged the article with Black Capuchin.
- He established a foundling home and a Capuchin convent.
- The Capuchin monks built the first schools in the area.
- But the works of the Capuchins were not sustained in Nepal.
- Pet capuchin monkeys can turn on their owners, experts warn
- The Capuchins submitted forthwith and the interdict was removed.
- Groeschel is a priest of the Capuchin order and a trained psychologist.
- The capuchin is a New World monkey, brown and cute, the size of a scrawny year-old human baby plus a long tail.
- In the capuchin monkey world of illiberal politics and "instinct for fairness", that's definitely a recipe for flung poo.
- Animal rights activists have been talking about scenes of a capuchin monkey chain-smoking cigarettes in The Hangover Part II.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).