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tamarin

[ tam-uh-rin ]

noun

  1. any of several South American monkeys of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus , having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered. pinche 2( def ), golden lion tamarin ( def ).


tamarin

/ ˈtæmərɪn /

noun

  1. any of numerous small monkeys of the genera Saguinus (or Leontocebus ) and Leontideus, of South and Central American forests; similar to the marmosets: family Callithricidae


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tamarin1

First recorded in 1735–45; from French, from Carib

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tamarin1

C18: via French from Galibi

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Example Sentences

At first, his team thought the tamarins were marking their territory — applying their scent to warn other animals away.

I released the foot jam and swung like a tamarin, stabbed my toe at the shoulder-level horn out right and stuck it, locked down and grabbed a little sloping edge no bigger than a pencil and greasy as a Schüblig sausage.

Now, my new “best friends” are explorers who educate me on the importance of climate change, kelp forests, cotton-top tamarins and so much more!

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Soon she was looking at the hearts of lions, tamarins and other animals.

The tamarin has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on his posteriors.

THIS animal, though very small, is still larger than either the ouistiti, or the tamarin.

One was a most engaging little fellow, a jet-black tamarin slightly larger than a squirrel.

Tamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.

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