Definition of monk

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Monk (n.) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus..

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Conventual :: Conventual (n.) One who lives in a convent; a monk or nun; a recluse.
Tamarin :: Tamarin (n.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus..
Grison :: Grison (n.) A South American monkey (Lagothrix infumatus), said to be gluttonous..
Monkfish :: Monkfish (n.) The angel fish (Squatina).
Monkshood :: Monkshood (n.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.
Talapoin :: Talapoin (n.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine..
Monkish :: Monkish (a.) Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude..
Benedictine :: Benedictine (n.) One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United States in 1846..
Lecythis :: Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers..
Rhesus :: Rhesus (n.) A monkey; the bhunder.
Mustac :: Mustac (n.) A small tufted monkey.
Monk :: Monk (n.) The European bullfinch.
Malbrouck :: Malbrouck (n.) A West African arboreal monkey (Cercopithecus cynosurus).
Jovinianist :: "Jovinianist (n.) An adherent to the doctrines of Jovinian, a monk of the fourth century, who denied the virginity of Mary, and opposed the asceticism of his time..
Coccyx :: Coccyx (n.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
Araguato :: Araguato (n.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2..
Sea Monk :: Sea monk () See Monk seal, under Monk..
Munga :: Munga (n.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet..
Lungoor :: Lungoor (n.) A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India..
Monkey :: Monkey (n.) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs..
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