tamarin
[tam-uh-rin, -ran]
- 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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Historical Examples
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
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
Tamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.
tamarin
- 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
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Word Origin
C18: via French from Galibi
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