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LEONCITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leoncita mean? 

LEONCITA (noun)
  The noun LEONCITA has 1 sense:

1. small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tailplay

  Familiarity information: LEONCITA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEONCITA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leoncita; lion marmoset; lion monkey; tamarin

Hypernyms ("leoncita" is a kind of...):

marmoset (small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leoncita"):

Leontocebus rosalia; silky tamarin (golden South American monkey with long soft hair forming a mane)

Leontocebus oedipus; pinche (South American tamarin with a tufted head)

Holonyms ("leoncita" is a member of...):

genus Leontideus; genus Leontocebus; Leontocebus (tamarins)


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