capuchin

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Recent Examples of capuchin The idea was to spend the day looking for caimans, white-faced capuchins, and the many species of birds that live in the area, but high winds created waves that proved insurmountable, even for Le Bellot’s fleet of Zodiacs. Qin Xie, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025 The animals sent back included 11 lemurs, an albino Burmese python, giraffes, a pack of sheep, a pair of sacred ibises, two llamas, tamarins, a kookaburra, a gibbon, capuchins, several parrots, three ground hornbills, three cockatoos, a serval, a Poitou donkey, and a macaw. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 They had been created by a capuchin. Literary Hub, 18 Nov. 2025 Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors! Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for capuchin
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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
Noun
  • Charlene donned a white dress underneath a matching coat, along with a mantilla, a lace veil that is traditionally worn by women in the Catholic Church.
    Hannah Malach, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The rest of the Grimaldi clan were dressed in black, with the female family members covering their hair with a mantilla.
    Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.
    Jonny Bierman, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Watching a documentary about mantas, reef sharks, or this area is one thing.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak)
    Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • This time around, Woody has a red poncho and has visibly aged.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • For example, this travel wrap, with more than 8,400 five-star ratings, functions as a cardigan, poncho, cape, and shawl.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • The soon-to-be bride and groom matched in white outfits, with Gibelli wearing a satin minidress and a sheer bridal cape.
    Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Other items include a live fish, a cape with the Statue of Liberty on it, a mannequin, handcuffs, and a dishwasher.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • One such domino fell Monday, when former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic committed to Kentucky — immediately vaulting the Wildcats into the Top 25.
    CJ Moore June 2, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Ali recalled a place filled with laughter, domino games and familiar faces.
    J.M. Banks June 1, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
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

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“Capuchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capuchin. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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