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An East Indian monkey .

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• INDIANEER
  An Indiaman.
• MONKEYTAIL
  A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten.
• MONKEY-POT
  The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made
• INDIAN
  river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars;
• MONKEY'S PUZZLE
  A lofty coniferous Chilian tree , the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called piñon by the Chilians.
• MONKEY
  dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs. Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana
• MONKEY-BREAD
  The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.
• MONKEY-CUP
  See NEPENTHES
• EAST INDIAN
  Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n.
• WEST INDIAN
  A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies.
• WATER MONKEY
  A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
• WEST INDIA; WEST INDIAN
  Belonging or relating to the West Indies. West India tea , a shrubby plant having oblanceolate toothed leaves which are sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.