'Talapoin' definitions:
Definition of 'talapoin'
(from WordNet)
noun
Smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests [syn: talapoin, Cercopithecus talapoin]
Definition of 'Talapoin'
From: GCIDE
- Talapoin \Tal"a*poin\ (t[a^]l"[.a]*poin), n. (Zool.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus talapoin or Miopithecus talapoin) -- called also melarhine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Talapoin'
From: GCIDE
- Talapoin \Tal"a*poin\ (t[a^]l"[.a]*poin), n. [Pg. talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese t`ama p`r[a^]; t`ama, honorific title + p`r[a^] priest.] A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo-China] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]