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ALL meanings of marmoset

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  • noun marmoset any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered. 1
  • noun marmoset A small Central and South American monkey with a silky coat and a long nonprehensile tail. 1
  • noun marmoset A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, or Mico, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. 0
  • noun marmoset (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A hideous figure; a grotesque. 0
  • noun marmoset (pejorative, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. 0
  • countable noun marmoset A marmoset is a type of small monkey. 0
  • noun marmoset any small South American monkey of the genus Callithrix and related genera, having long hairy tails, clawed digits, and tufts of hair around the head and ears: family Callithricidae 0
  • noun marmoset any of a family (Callithricidae) of very small New World monkeys of South and Central America, with thick, soft, variously colored fur 0
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