sapajou
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sapajou
Borrowed into English from French around 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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It was a monkey, a sapajou, an orangoutang, a baboon, a gorilla, a sagoin.
From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules
These monkeys, whose native name is sapajou, are the typical representatives of the family Cebidae, and belong to a sub-family in which the tail is generally prehensile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
The mot is pretty well known: "Annoncez le sapajou de Madame la Comtesse Dubarry," said a great lord of the court of Louis XV. one day.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
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