Tal"a*poin (tăl"&adot;*poin), n. (Zoöl.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

||Tal"a*poin (tăl"&adot;*poin), n. [Pg. talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese t‘ama p‘ră; t‘ama, honorific title + p‘ră priest.] A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo- China]

Tal"a*poin (tăl"&adot;*poin), n. (Zoöl.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, or Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

||Tal"a*poin (tăl"&adot;*poin), n. [Pg. talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, fr. Siamese t‘ama p‘ră; t‘ama, honorific title + p‘ră priest.] A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo- China]