Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Talapoin

Talapoin (tal"ȧ*poin) , noun

(Zoology) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus talapoin or Miopithecus talapoin) -- called also melarhine.

Talapoin (tal"ȧ*poin) , noun

[Portuguese talapoi, talapoin, name for Buddhist priest, from Siamese t‘ama p‘ra; t‘ama, honorific title + p‘ra priest.]

A Buddhist monk or priest. [Ceylon & Indo-China]