talapoin
a small, yellowish guenon monkey, Micropithecus (Cercopithecus) talapoin, of western Africa.
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A talapoin says, that Fo was a holy man, whose doctrine the bonzes have corrupted, and that Sammonocodom is the true God.
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British Dictionary definitions for talapoin
/ (ˈtæləˌpɔɪn) /
the smallest of the guenon monkeys, Cercopithecus talapoin, of swampy central W African forests, having olive-green fur and slightly webbed digits
(in Myanmar and Thailand)
a Buddhist monk
a title of respect used in addressing such a monk
Origin of talapoin
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