capuchin monkey

English

Panamanian white-faced capuchin (Cebus imitator)

Etymology

From the resemblance to the dress of a Capuchin monk.

Noun

capuchin monkey (plural capuchin monkeys)

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

   Synonyms: capuchin, cebine

Derived terms

• white-faced capuchin monkey

Translations

New World monkey of the genus Cebus

• Catalan: caputxí (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷尾猴 (zh) (juǎnwěihóu), 懸猴 / 悬猴 (xuánhóu)

• Esperanto: kapuĉulo, cebeno
• Finnish: kapusiiniapina, kapusiini (fi)
• French: capucin (fr) m
• German: Kapuzineraffe m
• Irish: moncaí cochallach m
• Polish: kapucynka (pl) f
• Portuguese: macaco-prego (pt) m
• Spanish: mono capuchino m
• Swedish: kapucinapa (sv) c
• Turkish: kapuçin maymunu

See also

• cebine (adjective)

Further reading

• capuchin monkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cebus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies