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单词 callitrichid
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callitrichidn.adj.

Brit. /kəˈlɪtrᵻkɪd/, U.S. /kəˈlɪtrᵻkᵻd/
Forms: 1900s– callithricid Brit. /kəˈlɪθrᵻsɪd/, U.S. /kəˈlɪθrᵻsᵻd/, 1900s– callitrichid.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin Callithrix , -id suffix3.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Callithrix, genus name (see Callithrix n.) + -id suffix3, after scientific Latin Callitrichidae, family name (O. Thomas 1903, in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 457).On the variation between forms in -thric- and in -trich- see note at Callithrix n.
Zoology.
A. n.
A primate of the New World family Callitrichidae, which comprises the marmosets and tamarins.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Platyrrhinae (New World monkey) > genus Callithrix (common marmoset)
Callithrix1572
wistiti1774
silver-marmoset1893
callitrichid1951
1951 M. F. A. Montagu Introd. Physical Anthropol. (ed. 2) 47 The cebids are larger in size than the callithricids.
1978 Syst. Zool. 27 490/1 The systematic revision of callitrichids, to the subspecific level, is a sound and scholarly contribution.
2011 New Scientist 19 Mar. 50/3 The best teachers are not the more cerebral apes, but the cooperatively breeding callitrichids.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the primate family Callitrichidae.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World > of types of
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cebine1863
pithecine1870
pitheciine1890
pithecian1893
callitrichid1958
pithecine1973
1958 L. Croizat Panbiogeography I. v. 371 (caption) Heavy black shows the range of the callithricid monkeys.
1979 Amer. Naturalist 114 758 The greater activity of juvenile males in families has been noted in other callitrichid species (e.g., the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus).
2008 T. D. Tardif et al. in S. Atsalis et al. Primate Reprod. Aging 29 Callitrichid primates have a life history that is slow relative to mammals of a similar size.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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