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capuchin

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

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.

Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it. Abbe Pierre

Antonio Barberini, the pope's brother, was a cardinal who had begun his career with the Capuchin brothers. Source: Internet

A little way higher up the hillside is a Capuchin convent in a striking position, close to the town wall and leaning against it. Source: Internet

Capuchin monkeys can be trained to assist quadriplegic humans; their intelligence, memory, and manual dexterity make them ideal helpers. citation NHPs are kept in zoos around the globe. Source: Internet

Capuchin Monkey - "Raiders of the Lost Ark" The Indiana Jones question that has plagued fans for decades centers on the capuchin monkey perched on the shoulder of a Nazi soldier that manages to do the Seig Heil salute. Source: Internet

For over fifty years, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin reported stigmata which were studied by several 20th-century physicians. Source: Internet

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