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Webster 1913 Edition

(tăl′ȧ-poin)

Noun.

(Zool.)

A small African monkey (

Cercopithecus talapoin

Miopithecus talapoin

) – called also

melarhine

Noun.

In Siam, a priest, or one devoted to religion; also, a species of monkey.

a talapoin

talapoin ‎(plural talapoins)

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.
(archaic) A Buddhist monk or priest.

Two species of genus Miopithecus