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(kap’/yu-sheen’), n. [Fr. capucine, a nun of the order of St. Francis. See CAPOCH.]
Sense 1. A garment for females, consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of capuchin monks. Johnson.
Sense 2. A pigeon whose head is covered with feathers.
n. [Fr. capucin, a monk who wears a cowl, from Fr. capuce, capuchon, hood, cowl.] (Eccl.) One of the monks of the order of St. Francis. “A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin.” W. Scott.
} n. [Fr. capucin.] (Zoöl.) A species of monkey (Cebus capucinus), a native of Guinea, characterized by having the hair on the crown and back part of the head of a black color, resembling a monk's cap or hood, the rest being of a grayish white;—called also capuchin-monkey. Baird.