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capuchin

N ลิง ใน ทวีปอเมริกา จำพวก หนึ่ง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAPUCHIN

n. 1. A garment for females, consisting of a cloke and hood, made in imitation of the dress of capuchin monks.
2. A pigeon whose head is covered with feathers.

 

CAPUCHINS

n.Monks of the order of St. Francis, who cover their heads with a capuce, capuchon, a stuff-cap or cowl. They are clothed in brown or gray, go bare-footed, and never shave their faces.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CAPUCHIN

Cap `u *chin ", n. Etym: [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch. ]

 

1. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.) (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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Capuchin

Cap u chin |ˈkap (y )əSHən, kəˈp (y )o͞o -ˈkæpjə (t )ʃən | ▶noun 1 a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that observes a strict rule drawn up in 1529. 2 ( capuchin ) a cloak and hood formerly worn by women. 3 ( capuchin or capuchin monkey ) a South American monkey with a cap of hair on the head that has the appearance of a cowl. [Genus Cebus, family Cebidae: four species, including the brown capuchin (C. apella ).] 4 ( capuchin ) a pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete French, earlier form of capucin, from Italian cappuccino, from cappuccio ‘hood, cowl, ’ from cappa (see cape 1 ), the friars being so named because of their sharp-pointed hoods.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Capuchin

Capuchin |ˈkapʊtʃɪn | ▶noun 1 a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that observes a strict rule drawn up in 1529. 2 a cloak and hood formerly worn by women. 3 ( capuchin or capuchin monkey ) a South American monkey with a cap of hair on the head which has the appearance of a cowl. ●Genus Cebus, family Cebidae: four species. 4 ( capuchin ) a pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from obsolete French, earlier form of capucin, from Italian cappuccino, from cappuccio ‘hood, cowl ’, from cappa (see cape 1 ), the friars being so named because of their sharp-pointed hoods.

 

Spanish Dictionary

capuchina

capuchina nombre femenino Planta ornamental, originaria de América del Sur, cuya especie más común tiene hojas redondas y flores anaranjadas .

 

capuchino, -na

capuchino, -na adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino 1 [religioso, religiosa ] Que pertenece a la rama de los franciscanos reorganizada por Mateo de Bascio (1495 -1552 ):los capuchinos intentaron recuperar el rigor originario de la orden franciscana .2 nombre masculino Café al que se le añade leche hervida caliente y muy espumosa y que se suele servir espolvoreado con canela o chocolate en polvo .3 Mono de cuerpo estilizado de unos 30 a 55 cm de longitud (más otros 30 a 55 cm de cola ), con una capa de pelo oscuro que corona su cabeza y que recuerda a la capucha de un monje; vive en América del Sur y Central :en libertad, el capuchino es depredador y muy agresivo .