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.
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Origin of tamarin
1735–45; <French <Carib
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Example sentences from the Web for tamarin
Tamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.
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 BuffonThe 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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