tamarin

[ tam-uh-rin ]

noun
  1. any of several South American monkeys of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus, having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.: See also pinche2, golden lion tamarin.

Origin of tamarin

1
First recorded in 1735–45; from French, from Carib

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tamarin

/ (ˈtæmərɪn) /


noun
  1. any of numerous small monkeys of the genera Saguinus (or Leontocebus) and Leontideus, of South and Central American forests; similar to the marmosets: family Callithricidae

Origin of tamarin

1
C18: via French from Galibi

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