capuchin

English - Turkish

Definition of capuchin in English Turkish dictionary

başlıklı maymun

fransiskan rahibi

{i} kapüsen

{i} fransisken rahibi

{i} başlıklı pelerin

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capuchin monkey

başlıklı maymun

English - English

Definition of capuchin in English English dictionary

A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars

A capuchin monkey

{n} a friar, kind of woman's cloak, cowl

Member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, an autonomous branch of the Franciscans. It began in 1525 as a reform movement led by Matteo da Bascio ( 1495-1552), who wanted the Franciscans to return to strict observance of the Rule of St. Francis. He and his followers wore robes with pointed hoods (Italian, cappuccino), went barefoot, and lived in extreme poverty. Other Franciscans harassed them, and the pope forbade them to extend their membership outside Italy. The new order was nearly ruined by the defection of their vicar-general, Bernardino Ochino, to Protestantism in 1542, but it later grew quickly, reaching a membership of 17,000 by 1571. It was active in the Counter-Reformation in keeping the common people loyal to Catholicism. An independent order since 1619, they are known for their missionary and social work. Any of four species of tropical monkeys (genus Cebus) found from Nicaragua to Paraguay. Considered among the most intelligent New World monkeys, capuchins are named for their cap of crown hair, which resembles the cowl of Capuchin monks. These stocky, round-headed monkeys are 12-22 in. (30-55 cm) long, with a hairy, prehensile tail of about the same length, and are brown or black, sometimes with white markings. Capuchins live in troops, often in the treetops. They eat fruit and small animals and sometimes raid plantations for oranges and other food. Easily trained, they are valued as gentle pets

A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck

A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks

monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head

monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head a hooded cloak for women

apella

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

{i} Franciscan monk

C

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

a hooded cloak for women

albifrons (the cararara), and C

Other species of Cabus, as C

Francis

fatuellus the brown or horned capucine

Related Terms

capuchin monkey

A New World monkey of the genus Cebus, coloured black on the top of the head

capuchin monkeys

plural form of capuchin monkey

capuchin monkey

Any of four species of tropical monkeys (genus Cebus) found from Nicaragua to Paraguay. Considered among the most intelligent New World monkeys, capuchins are named for their cap of crown hair, which resembles the cowl of Capuchin monks. These stocky, round-headed monkeys are 12-22 in. (30-55 cm) long, with a hairy, prehensile tail of about the same length, and are brown or black, sometimes with white markings. Capuchins live in troops, often in the treetops. They eat fruit and small animals and sometimes raid plantations for oranges and other food. Easily trained, they are valued as gentle pets

The capuchin

weeper

Hyphenation

ca·pu·chin