TAMARIN


Meaning of TAMARIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈta-mə-rən, -ˌran ]

noun

Etymology: French tamary, tamarin, perhaps of Tupian origin

Date: 1780

: any of numerous small chiefly South American monkeys (genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus ) that are related to the marmosets and have silky fur, a long tail, and lower canine teeth that are longer than the incisors

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