capuchin

noun

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Recent Examples of capuchin For example, the adoption of a marmoset by a capuchin monkey. — Cyril Grueter, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026 The connection to nature at Vista Celestial is truly profound, with wildlife waiting for you at the door—I'm not kidding, at one point, a capuchin monkey walked onto our patio to say hello. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026 Shawnee has a special permit carved out for Frankie, a capuchin monkey that’s lived in a pet store for nearly two decades. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025 They had been created by a capuchin. — Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for capuchin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capuchin
  1. palatine
  2. mantilla
  3. manta
  4. pelisse
  5. poncho
  6. cape
  7. domino
  8. burnoose
Noun
  • The palatine tonsils are the ones seen at the back of the throat.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.
    — Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
Definition of palatine
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  • Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • One of the hallmarks of its origins is a tile work from 1928 by Ernest Batcheler, an American artist of Dutch descent, that portrays a Spanish woman wearing a pink traditional Sevilla dress with frills, a shawl with fringe and a headpiece known as a mantilla.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
Definition of mantilla
Noun
  • The water was sparkly and glittery thanks to the bright sunrays shining through, and one manta even flipped out of the ocean right in front of me.
    — Annie Daly, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Divers captured video footage of Galápagos sharks approaching manta rays and deliberately rubbing parts of their bodies, especially their heads, gill regions and sides, against the mantas’ undersides.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of manta
Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.
    — Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Definition of pelisse
Noun
  • The boat bobs, wind fills your plastic poncho like a balloon, you’re pelted with water, and the only conceivable reaction is to grip the railing and shriek with delight.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Someone had discarded a handmade crochet poncho in soft earth tones on the back of a chair.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of poncho
Noun
  • The players then throw off their capes as the crowd goes crazy.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The short dress featured a cape-style top that floated in the wind, framing the low-cut back.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cape
Noun
  • The warmer water triggers corresponding shifts in the atmosphere that have a domino-like influence on weather patterns around the globe – usually in ways that are largely predictable well in advance.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • This was the deadline’s big domino, so expect more action to follow today.
    — Matt Piper, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of domino
Noun
  • For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.
    — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
  • On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015
Definition of burnoose

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