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Monkey''s Puzzle :: Monkey's puzzle () A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted as to puzzle a monkey to climb. The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pi–on by the Chilians..

Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..

Bethlemite :: Bethlemite (n.) One of an extinct English order of monks.

Simian :: Simian (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike..

Redemptionist :: Redemptionist (n.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.

Pelagian :: Pelagian (n.) A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace..

Monkeys :: Monkeys (pl. ) of Monke.

Adansonia :: Adansonia (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth..

Loutou :: Loutou (n.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.

Sea Monk :: Sea monk () See Monk seal, under Monk..

Abbess :: Abbess (n.) A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey..

Trappist :: Trappist (n.) A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rance in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United States in 1848, and have monasteries in Iowa and Kentucky..

Monkey-pot :: Monkey-pot (n.) The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule..

Midas :: Midas (n.) A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset..

Monkfish :: Monkfish (n.) The angel fish (Squatina).

Pedimanous :: Pedimanous (a.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys..

Guereza :: Guereza (n.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey (Colobus guereza), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white..

Monkly :: Monkly (a.) Like, or suitable to, a monk..

Grivet :: Grivet (n.) A monkey of the upper Nile and Abyssinia (Cercopithecus griseo-viridis), having the upper parts dull green, the lower parts white, the hands, ears, and face black. It was known to the ancient Egyptians. Called also tota..

Douc :: Douc (n.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nemaeus), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China..

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