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any of various mainly long-tailed agile tree-dwelling primates of the families Cebidae, Callithricidae, and Cercopithecidae; a monkey.
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a mischievous person, esp. a child.
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(fig.) an ugly-looking person.
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ಕೋತಿಯಂತೆ ಕುಣಿಸು kōtiyante kuṇisu to make someone appear stupid or ridiculous; ಕೋತಿಗೆ ಹೆಂಡಕುಡಿಸು kōtige heṇḍa kuḍisu (fig.) to make a mad person become further crazy; ಕೋತಿ ತಾನು ಕೆಡುವುದಲ್ಲದೆ ವನವನ್ನೂ ಕೆಡಿಸಿತು kōti tānu keḍuvudallade vanavannū keḍisitu (prov.) he spoilt not only himself, but others too; ಕೋತಿ ಮೊಸರನ್ನವನ್ನು ತಿಂದು ಆಡಿನ ಮೂತಿಗೆ ಬಳಿದ ಹಾಗೆ kōti mosarannavannu tindu āḍina mūtige baḷida hāge (simile) like transfering the responsibility or blame of one's action, plan etc., when it failed, to an unconcerned or innocent person; ಕೋತಿಯ ಕೈಗೆ ಮಾಣಿಕ್ಯ ಕೊಡು kōtiya kaige māṇikya koḍu (prov.) a person ignorant of the merit of a dimond, will throw it as a piece of glass.