sapajou

[ sap-uh-joo ]

/ ˈsæp əˌdʒu /

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noun

a capuchin monkey.

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Origin of sapajou

Borrowed into English from French around 1690–1700

Words nearby sapajou

São Tiago, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, São Vicente, sap, sapajou, sapanwood, sap bush, sapele, sap green, Saphar

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How to use sapajou in a sentence

This sapajou is as large as a fox, and only differs from that which is called alouate in its colour.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
This difference is alone sufficient to distinguish the sapajou from the sagoin.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
It is very common at Guiana, for which reason many travellers have styled it the Cayenne Sapajou.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
There I should be immediately asked: 'Mais qu'est ce que c'est donc que ce petit Sapajou que vous avez embrasse si tendrement?
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son|The Earl of Chesterfield

British Dictionary definitions for sapajou

sapajou

/ (ˈsæpəˌdʒuː) /

noun

another name for capuchin (def. 1)

Word Origin for sapajou

C17: from French, of Tupi origin

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