Marmoset Definition

märmə-sĕt, -zĕt
marmosets
noun
Any of a family (Callithricidae) of very small New World monkeys of South and Central America, with thick, soft, variously colored fur.
Webster's New World

(pejorative, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. [from 16th c.]

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Noun

Singular:
marmoset
Plural:
marmosets

Origin of Marmoset

  • Middle English marmusette a kind of small monkey from Old French marmouset grotesque figurine alteration (influenced by marmouser to murmur) of marmotte marmot marmot

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child"), probably from marmouser (“to mumble"), of imitative origin.

    From Wiktionary

Marmoset Sentence Examples

  • The first class includes the isabelline bear, badger, pole-cat, ermine, roe and fallow deer, wild ass, Syrian squirrel, pouched marmoset, gerbill and leopard.

  • The representation of the visual world in the primary visual cortex of the common marmoset revealed by optical imaging.

  • The common marmoset, Hapale (or Chrysothrix) jacchus, is locally XvII.

  • On February 1st Jim and Alison headed out again this time to collect Harry the baby marmoset.

  • There is information on avian breeding, nutrition of primates, snakes, iguanas, marmoset and tamarin care, and reptile aggression.

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