Capuchin

noun

• 1a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that observes a strict rule drawn up in 1529.

• 2a cloak and hood formerly worn by women.

• 3 (capuchin or capuchin monkey) a South American monkey with a cap of hair on the head which has the appearance of a cowl.

  • Genus Cebus, family Cebidae: four species

• 4 (capuchin) a pigeon of a breed with head and neck feathers resembling a cowl.