MARMOSET


Meaning of MARMOSET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmär-mə-ˌset, -ˌzet ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English marmusette kind of monkey, from Middle French marmoset grotesque figure, from marmouser to mumble, of imitative origin

Date: 1679

: any of numerous small soft-furred South and Central American monkeys (family Callithricidae) with claws instead of nails on all the digits except the great toe

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