Associations to the word «Talapoin»

Wiktionary

TALAPOIN, noun. A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
TALAPOIN, noun. (archaic) A Buddhist monk or priest.

Dictionary definition

TALAPOIN, noun. Smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests.

Wise words

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