Tamarin meaning

tăm'ə-rĭn, -răn'
Any of various small, long-tailed, arboreal monkeys of the genera Leontopithecus and Saguinus of Central and South America, closely related to and resembling the marmosets but having a larger body, longer limbs, and lower canines that extend well beyond the incisors.
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Any of several South American marmosets having long, silky fur, esp. any of a species (Saguinus tamarin) having black hands and feet.
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One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys.
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Origin of tamarin

French from Galibi

Sentence Examples

  • The effect on the golden lion tamarin has been devastating.

  • tamarin monkeys.

  • tamarin care, and reptile aggression.

  • tamarin species, with their spectacular crest of white hair.

  • Like the other tamarin species, emperor tamarins are under threat from the destruction of its forest habitat for farming and housing.

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