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marmoset definition

mar·mo·set (mär′mə zet′, -set′)

noun

any of a family (Callithricidae) of very small New World monkeys of South and Central America, with thick, soft, variously colored fur

Etymology: ME < OFr marmouset, grotesque figure < ?: form prob. infl. by marmouser, to mumble, grumble, of echoic orig.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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