titi

¹ American  

[tee-tee] / tiˈti /

noun

titis plural

1. any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.

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titi ² American  

[tee-tee, tahy-tahy] / ˈti ti, ˈtaɪ taɪ /

noun

titis plural

1. a shrub or small tree of the southern U.S., Cliftonia monophylla black titi, having glossy leaves and elongated clusters of fragrant white flowers.

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titi ¹ British  

/ ˈtiːtiː /

noun

1. any of several small omnivorous New World monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America, having long beautifully coloured fur and a long nonprehensile tail

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titi ² British  

/ ˈtiːtiː /

noun

1. any of various evergreen shrubs or small trees of the family Cyrillaceae of the southern US, esp the leatherwood and Cliftonia monophylla, which has white or pinkish fragrant flowers

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titi ³ British  

/ ˈtiːtiː /

noun

1. the sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus See muttonbird

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• titis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of titi¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1820–30, from Latin American Spanish, from Tupi

Origin of titi²

First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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titi titis

Earlier this year, Reuters reported for the first time that scientists were finding mammals, from titi monkeys to ocelots, showing signs of mercury contamination near a Peruvian gold mining hotspot.

From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2023

They were a western lowland gorilla, a white-eared titi monkey and two emperor tamarins.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2021

Each morning, we were awakened in our tents by the chattering of tiny titi monkeys and the plunking call of paucar birds.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016

The Prospect Park Zoo is doing just that this weekend, with a celebration that coincides with the public debut of the zoo’s two most recently arrived residents: a pair of Bolivian titi monkeys.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2016

It was another titi hit, on his hand, but this time somebody saw where the fire had come from.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

The titis are in general delicate and timid little animals.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von