Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small monkey (Miopithecus talapoin) of western equatorial Africa, having a long tail and greenish fur.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Buddhist monk of Ceylon, Siam, etc.
- noun In zoology, a monkey, Cercopithecus talapoin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small African monkey (
Cercopithecus talapoin orMiopithecus talapoin ) -- called alsomelarhine . - noun Ceylon & Indo-China A Buddhist monk or priest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A monkey from one of two species of
Old World monkeys , of thegenus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The mangrove forests are also home to the talapoin monkey (Miopithecus talapoin).
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The Turkish dervish, the Persian brahmin, the Chinese bonze, and the Indian talapoin, all worship the Deity in a different manner; but they enjoy a tranquillity of soul amidst the darkness in which they are plunged; and he who would endeavor to enlighten them, does them but ill service.
Candide 2007
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A curate — but why do I say a curate? — even an imam, a talapoin, or brahmin ought to have the means of living decently.
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Western Africa; the white-throated monkey from India; the bearded monkey, with a republican air about him; and the monkey who appears to have had his ears pulled, but is in reality known to scientific men as the red-eared monkey; both from Fernando Po: the Risley of monkeys, called the vaulting monkey, with his white nose; and the talapoin, from Western Africa; the gaudy macaque, known as the brilliant from
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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A few days afterwards, he is again carried through the streets, on a thing like a horse litter, called _serion_, mounted on the shoulders of ten or twelve men, and dressed in the habit of a talapoin, preceded by drums and instruments of music, and accompanied by many talapoins and all his friends.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Before taking their orders, the talapoins go to school till, twenty years old or more, and then go before a head talapoin appointed for the purpose, called a _rowli_, who is the most learned of the order, who examines them many times, whether they will leave their friends, foregoing the company of women, and assume the habit of a talapoin.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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Every individual talapoin has his own house, which is very small, set upon six or eight posts, and to which they have to go up by a ladder of twelve or fourteen staves.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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While sick, a talapoin or two sit every night by the sick person, continually singing, to please the devil, that he may not hurt them.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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For example, Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis), Wolf's guenon (Cercopithecus wolfi), bonobo (Pan paniscus, EN), golden-bellied mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus chrysogaster), black mangabey (Lophocebus atterimus aterrimus), southern talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin) and dryad guenon (Cercopithecus dryas) occur only on the left bank of the Congo.
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I obeyed the in - ftruftions given me, and in a moment found myfeljQ not at my cave, but in the ftreets of the capital city of Pulo-fang, dreft in thjc habit of a talapoin.
The Siamese Tales: Being a Collection of Stories Told to the Son of the ... George Brewer , Champante and Whitrow , Thomas Cook, Vernor and Hood, Richard Corbould 1796
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