tamarin

[ tam-uh-rin, -ran ]

/ ˈtæm ə rɪn, -ˌræn /

noun

any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.

Nearby words

tamarack, tamarao, tamarau, tamari, tamarillo, tamarin, tamarind, tamarisk, tamarisk gerbil, tamas, tamasha

Origin of tamarin

1735–45; < French < Carib

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Examples from the Web for tamarin

Tamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
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 Buffon
The 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

British Dictionary definitions for tamarin

tamarin

/ (ˈtæmərɪn) /

noun

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

Word Origin for tamarin

C18: via French from Galibi

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