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capuchins
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sapajou \Sap"a*jou\, n. [F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.] (Zo["o]l.) 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 ( C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou ( C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou ( C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of capuchin English)
Usage examples of "capuchins".
He desired me to write to the superior of the Jesuits that he would not apply to the Capuchins, because they were no better than atheists, and that that was the reason of the great dislike of Saint-Francis for them.
It was in vain that I reminded him of the fact that, in the time of Saint-Francis, there were neither Capuchins nor Recollets.
Two Carmelites and two Capuchins went through the audience and selected six giants from among the porters and messengers of the town.
After walking for five hours I dined in a monastery of Capuchins, who are very useful to people in my position.
One morning I thought I saw a dozen Capuchins walking slowly in front of us, but when we caught them up I found they were women of all ages.
She smiled back, but the Capuchins sat as firm as two stocks, without honouring me with as much as a glance.
The Capuchins have much better developed senses of taste and smell than we.
Clara admitted that modified Capuchins were less stable than natural ones.
It transmits scans of received mail and real-time views so that I can direct the capuchins … to mail the right letter in the right envelope, for example.
Loading it up in the garage, we were safe from observation, fortunately because the capuchins and the wasps in hibernation just about exactly filled it.
Two other capuchins entered from the hall and crossed the floor to stand between Karl and myself.
My capuchins and Vespidae, descendants of the originals, require no further interference with their codes.
This girl knew our house so well that I could probably hide the basement capuchins only by hibernation in a trunk.
Champs aux Capuchins, it was idle to expect that one stretch of turf would prove firmer than another.
But certain things made it bearable—the sound of the wind crooning in the battlements, the days when vapors blanketed the world far below and he stood on an island in the clouds, the nights when rain pattered on the outer walls, the songs of birds on the morning breeze, the tok-tok-tok of the moss-frog whose call was reputed to improve the flavor of cellared wine, the salt sea-breeze tasting of far-off adventures, the sight of the Greayte Southern Star like a green firework burning low in the night sky, the warm, friendly noses of goats, hounds, and capuchins, glimpses of eotaurs and the mighty Windships that crossed the airs, stories told by the kitchen fire.