bonnet monkey
- noun
- Indian
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macaco de bonete
- Unlike the rhesus macaque, the bonnet monkey has a noticeable whorl of hair on its head.
Examples
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The bonnet monkey is often seen foraging in groups near temples in southern India.
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Researchers observed a troop of bonnet monkeys displaying social grooming behavior.
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The bonnet monkey is commonly found in southern India.
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Did you see the bonnet monkeys at the zoo?
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Researchers observed a troop of bonnet monkeys displaying social grooming behavior.
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The bonnet monkey is often seen foraging in groups near temples in southern India.
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Unlike the rhesus macaque, the bonnet monkey has a noticeable whorl of hair on its head.
Synonyms
A medium-sized monkey from southern India with a rounded tuft of hair on its head
A monkey from southern India with a hat-like tuft of hair on its head
A monkey with a small tuft of hair on its head that lives in northeastern India
A monkey from India with a small crown of hair on its head
Surface Forms
Morphology
bonnet + monkey
The noun phrase describes a monkey characterized by a bonnet-like tuft of hair: a learner who knows 'bonnet' (a small hat) and 'monkey' can infer it refers to a monkey with a bonnet-shaped crest. This is a straightforward descriptive compound rather than an idiom, so its meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Bonnet monkey gets its name from the small tuft of hair on its head that looks like a bonnet, so people called that monkey after the little hat. That's why today bonnet monkey means 'a kind of monkey with a hat-like tuft of hair' found in southern India.
