| 单词 | weeper sai |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweeper sai 2. The Capuchin monkey ( Cebus capucinus) of South America. Also weeper sai, weeper capuchin, weeper monkey. Cf. French singe pleureur and bewailer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Cebus (Capuchin) sapajou1698 bewailer1774 sai1774 sajou1774 weeper1780 Capuchin monkey1785 weeping monkey1834 Cebus1863 1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 174 The sai, which some travellers have called the weeper, is somewhat larger than the sajou. 1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds I. 204 Weeper monkey. 1821 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. V. 532 Those bearded monkeys called capuchins, which must not be confounded with the weeper or sai. 1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 417/1 One of the most common species is the Weeper (Cebus Apella). 1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 216 When sleeping the Weeper Çai curls itself up, covering its face with its arms and tail. < as lemmas |
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