marmoset

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mar·mo·set / ˈmärməˌset; -ˌzet/ • n. a small Central and South American monkey (genera Callithrix and Cebuella, family Callitrichidae) with a silky coat and a long nonprehensile tail.

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marmoset Small, diurnal, arboreal monkey of tropical America. Among the smallest of the monkeys, marmosets are the size of small squirrels. They have soft, dense fur and sickle-shaped nails. Family Callitrichidae; typical genus Callithrix.

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marmoset small monkey XIV; †grotesque figure XV; †term of playful reproach XVI. — (O)F. marmouset (latinized marmosetus) grotesque image, little man or boy, (dial.) ape. of unkn. orig.

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marmoset See CALLITRICHIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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