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Definition of Tamarin
1. Noun. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
Generic synonyms: Marmoset
Group relationships: Genus Leontideus, Genus Leontocebus, Leontocebus
Specialized synonyms: Leontocebus Rosalia, Silky Tamarin, Leontocebus Oedipus, Pinche
Definition of Tamarin
1. n. Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.
Definition of Tamarin
1. Noun. one of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tamarin
1. a South American monkey [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tamarin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamarin
Literary usage of Tamarin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Decisions of the Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court and Bankruptcy Court of by Mauritius Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, Supreme Court, Mauritius (1873)
"The Memorandum of 19th June 1844, in like manner, sets forth the boundary on the
south-west as the rampart of the River tamarin and the Plan or sketch ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"See tamarisk. tamarin (tam'a-rin), я. [Native name in Cayenne.] One of the small
squirrel-monkeys of South America; a marmoset of the gen us 2Ii- Lion ..."
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