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capuchin

[kap-yoo-chin, -shin] / ˈkæp jʊ tʃɪn, -ʃɪn /


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She currently studies cooperation and other social behaviors in capuchin monkeys.

From Science Daily Nov. 14, 2024

Some, like the spider monkey, effortlessly swing through branches, while others, like the capuchin, display remarkable problem-solving abilities.

From Salon Dec. 14, 2023

In one famous experiment, researchers trained two capuchin monkeys to hand them tokens in exchange for a cucumber snack.

From New York Times Oct. 19, 2023

And the assemblages that macaques and capuchin monkeys create suggest that stone tool use may have begun much earlier in evolutionary history than previously thought.

From Scientific American Mar. 10, 2023

But suddenly he gave a turn to the conversation, and spoke of Cardinal Barberini, who was a capuchin, and brother to the reigning pope, Urban VIII.

From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni




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