Definition of Leoncita

1. Noun. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Leoncita

lentoid
lentoids
lentor
lentors
lentos
lentour
lentous
lentula
lenvoy
lenvoys
leo
leod
leogangite
leonardite
leonced
leoncita (current term)
leone
leones
leonhardite
leonid
leonine
leonine facies
leoninity
leonite
leontiasis
leontiasis ossea
leontodon
leontomorphic
leopard
leopard's-bane

Literary usage of Leoncita

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1903)
"The right hank of leoncita creek, three-quarters of a mile above the crossing of the ... The exposures on Bill Walker branch of leoncita creek show the same ..."

2. Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Colombia by John Potter Hamilton (1827)
"One of my servants bought at an Indian cottage for two reals, a little animal called leoncita (or the little lion) : it is exactly the shape of a lion in ..."

3. Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Columbia by John Potter Hamilton (1827)
"One of my servants bought at an Indian cottage for two reals, a little animal called leoncita (or the little lion) : it is exactly the shape of a lion in ..."

4. Laws Passed by the ... Legislature of the State of Texas by Texas (1889)
"Co.; thence north to the Pecos County line; thence northwest along the Pecos County line to a point due north of leoncita Springs ..."

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