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Definitions and Meaning of capuchin in English
capuchin (n)
a hooded cloak for women
monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
capuchin (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.
A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
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.
Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.
A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
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Capuchin
a hooded cloak for women, monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowlA Franciscan monk of the austere
Burnoose,Burnous,cloak,Capelet,cape,domino,Joseph,manta ray,Mantelet,Mantilla
No antonyms found.
capuched => hooded, capuccio => cappuccino, capturing => capturing, capturer => capturer, captured => captured,
