Found 2 items, similar to capuchins.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: capuchin capuchin n 1: a hooded cloak for women 2: monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head [syn: ringtail, Cebus capucinus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: capuchins Sapajou \Sap"a*jou\, n. [F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (C. subcristatus ), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin. [1913 Webster]