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单词 marmoset
释义

marmoset

/ˈmɑːməzɛt /
noun
A small tropical American monkey with a silky coat and a long tail.
  • Family Callitrichidae (or Callithricidae): genus Callithrix (three species), and the pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea).
Every year more than 10,000 non-human primates, including baboons, owl monkeys rhesus macaques and marmosets are transported by commercial airlines to research labs....
  • Rare uakari monkeys, marmosets and umbrella birds move through the lush canopy foraging for food.
  • Human cold sores, he said, can kill smaller monkeys like marmosets and tamarins.

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense 'grotesque figure'): from Old French marmouset 'grotesque image', of unknown ultimate origin.

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