Definition of marmoset Marmoset

/mɑˈɹmʌzɛˌt/ - [marmuzet] - mar•mo•set

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: marmosets

marmoset - small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
  new world monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
  callithricidae, family callithricidae marmosets
  true marmoset a marmoset
  cebuella pygmaea, pygmy marmoset the smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • 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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • marmoset
    A genus of small New World monkeys.

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