Cararara

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
     fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
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     1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
        established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
        wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.


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              A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
        resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
        monks.
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     3. (Zool.)
        (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
            capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
            with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
            monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
            called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou},
            {sapajou}, and {sai}.
        (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {Cabus fatuellus} (the
            {brown capucine} or {horned capucine}.), {Cabus
            albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {Cabus apella}.
        (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
            tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
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     {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
        which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
        recently been founded by Maria Longa.
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