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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•mo•set /ˈmɑrməˌzɛt, -ˌsɛt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa squirrel-sized monkey having soft fur and a long tail.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mar•mo•set (mär′mə zet′, -set′),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsany 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.
- Old French marmouset, apparently equivalent. to marmos(er) to murmur (marm- (see marmot) + -oser verb, verbal suffix) + -et -et
- Middle English marmusette a kind of monkey, an idol 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: marmoset /ˈmɑːməˌzɛt/ n - 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
- pygmy marmoset ⇒ a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French marmouset grotesque figure, of obscure origin |