talapoin


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Synonyms for talapoin

smallest guenon monkey

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Finally, we confirmed the SIVtal infection of wild talapoin monkeys (Miopithecus ogouensis).
Rumbaugh (1971) originally tested gorillas, gibbons, and talapoins and found that there were qualitative differences in learning processes among these species, with the larger-brained ape species exhibiting more rule learning, compared with the more associative (S-R) learning exhibited by the other species.
Ils sont ecrits par un Incas lui-meme et traduit, je crois, par un talapoins [monk], mais les faits sont si interessans qu'ils font passer par-dessus tout.
A kind of scoundrel imperfectly reverent of, and niggardly contributory to, divines, ecclesiastics, popes, parsons, ..., deans, subdeans, rural deans, abdals, charm-sellers, archdeacons, hierarchs, class-leaders, incumbents, capitulars, sheiks, talapoins, postulants, scribes, gooroos, precentors, beadles, fakeers, sextons, reverences, revivalists, cenobites, perpetual curates, chaplains, mudjoes, readers, novices, vicars, ...
They describe Buddhist monks, or "talapoins," at great length, commenting on the specific rules of abstinence they are supposed to observe.