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sapajou n. 南美洲產蜘蛛猿的一種 南美洲產蜘蛛猿的一種 Sapajou \ Sap" a* jou\, n. [ F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.] ( Zool.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus { Cebus}, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also { capuchins}. The bonnet sapajou ({ Cebus subcristatus}), the golden- handed sapajou ({ Cebus chrysopus}), and the white- throated sapajou ({ Cebus hypoleucus}) are well known species. See { Capuchin}. [ 1913 Webster]
Capuchin \ Cap` u* chin"\, n. [ F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See { Capoch}.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] A bare- footed and long- bearded capuchin. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Zool.) ( 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 { Cabus fatuellus} ( the { brown capucine} or { horned capucine}.), { Cabus albifrons} ( the { cararara}), and { Cabus apella}. ( c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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