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TAMARIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamarin mean? 

TAMARIN (noun)
  The noun TAMARIN has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TAMARIN (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 ("tamarin" 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 "tamarin"):

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 ("tamarin" is a member of...):

genus Leontideus; genus Leontocebus; Leontocebus (tamarins)


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