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capuchin
any agile intelligent New World monkey of the genus Cebus, inhabiting forests in South America, typically having a cowl of thick hair on the top of the head -
friar minor
a friar belonging to the branch of the Franciscan order that observes the strict rule of St. Francis. Compare capuchin (def 4), Friar Minor Conventual. -
friar minor conventual
a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that separated from the Observants in the 15th century, and that observes a modification of the rule of St. Francis. Also called Conventual. Compare Friar Minor, capuchin (def 4). -
minor key
a key or mode based on a minor scale. -
minor scale
Also called harmonic minor scale. a scale having half steps between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees, with whole steps for the other intervals. -
minor-leaguer
a member of a minor-league team.