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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.
2. 2
   small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (“tamarin”), from tupi-guarani tamari.

Related phrases

Geoffroy's tamarincottontop tamarinemperor tamaringolden lion tamarinlion tamarin

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