Look up: Marmoset

1. marmoset
   [n] - small soft-furred South and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
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2. Marmoset
   Mar'mo·set` noun [ French marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, probably from Late Latin marmoretum , from Latin marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot . See Marble .] (Zoology) Any one of num...
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3. marmoset
   <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. ... Synonym: squirrel monkey. ... Origin: F. Marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly litt...
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4. marmoset
   noun small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
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5. Marmoset
   • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera Hapale and Midas, family Hapalidae. They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail. They are often kept as pets. Called also squirrel monkey.
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6. marmoset
   any of numerous species of small long-tailed South American monkeys. Similar in appearance to squirrels, marmosets are tree-dwelling primates that ... [4 related articles]
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7. marmoset
   marmoset (mär'muzet") , name for many of the small, squirrellike New World monkeys of the family Callithricidae. Members of this family are all found in tropical South America, with one species found also in Central America. They range in size from the pygmy marmoset, which is 8 in. (20...
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8. Marmoset
   Marmoset is a name of several small South American monkeys, the smallest of the monkey tribe. They are agile in their movements, possess long, non-prehensile tails, and have a thick woolly fur. They bear a close resemblance to squirrels in general appearance, feed upon fruit and insects, and occasio...
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9. marmoset
   Any of a group of small tree-dwelling monkeys found in South and Central America; some reach a body length of only 15 cm/6 in. Most species have characteristic tufted ears, clawlike nails, and a handsome tail, which is not prehensile (it cannot be used to grip branches in the same way as ...
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10. Marmoset
    `Marmosets` () are the 22 New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term marmoset is also used in reference to the sigfig=1--> long. Relative to other mon...
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