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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
fr It cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
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.
A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
monks.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
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 {C. fatuellus} (the brown
or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the
{cararara}), and {C. apella}.
c A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
{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.
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