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Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock.

The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus Aconitum (tribe Hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.

s of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled wit…

One of the several species of howling monkeys of South America. See Howler, 2.

e fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

A writer of annals. The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages. Hume.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines. Augustinian canons, an order of monks once popular in England and Ireland; -- called also regular canons of St. Austin, and black canons. -- Augustinian hermits or Austin friars, an order of friars established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was introduced int…

ry ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.

A large, dark-colored, South American monkey, of the genus Lagothrix, having a long prehensile tail.

A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.

Pertaining to the monks of St. Benedict, or St. Benet.

Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n.

One of an extinct English order of monks.

An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

me given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Bonnet monkey (Zoöl.), an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. -- Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. -- To…

y; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matiSir W. Scott.