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Definition of: marmoset
(mär′mə·zet) noun
1. A small Central and South American monkey (family Callithricidae) with soft, woolly hair and a long hairy tail.
2. A related species, Goeldi's marmoset (Callimico goeldii).
3. The tamarin.
4. The ouistiti. [<OF marmouset a grotesque figure, prob. ult. <Gk. mormō, -ous a she–monster, bogey; with ref. to its appearance]
(About the size of a large squirrel)
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