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Marmoset

Marmoset Meaning & Definition
Marmoset Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Marmoset?

[n] small soft-furred South and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

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See Also | Callithricidae | Cebuella pygmaea | family Callithricidae | leoncita | lion marmoset | lion monkey | New World monkey | pygmy marmoset | tamarin | true marmoset

Marmoset In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar"mo*set`\, n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See {Marble}.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera {Hapale} and {Midas}, family {Hapalid[ae]}. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also {squirrel monkey}.

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