tamarin
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.
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How to use tamarin in a sentence
At first, his team thought the tamarins were marking their territory — applying their scent to warn other animals away.
Several mammals use a South American tree as their pharmacy | Emily Shepherd | September 28, 2022 | Science News For StudentsI released the foot jam and swung like a tamarin, stabbed my toe at the shoulder-level horn out right and stuck it, locked down and grabbed a little sloping edge no bigger than a pencil and greasy as a Schüblig sausage.
Now, my new “best friends” are explorers who educate me on the importance of climate change, kelp forests, cotton-top tamarins and so much more!
'A Year Full of Emotions.' What Kids Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic | Allison Singer | June 12, 2021 | TimeSoon she was looking at the hearts of lions, tamarins and other animals.
When physicians and veterinarians team up, all species benefit | Liz Devitt | November 5, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe tamarin has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on his posteriors.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
THIS animal, though very small, is still larger than either the ouistiti, or the tamarin.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonOne was a most engaging little fellow, a jet-black tamarin slightly larger than a squirrel.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. Tomlinsontamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.
British Dictionary definitions for tamarin
/ (ˈtæmərɪn) /
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
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