marmoset (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *marmoset*:
NOUN	animal	marmoset	small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

marmoset > pronunciation
Sounds	maa'rmahzeh.t
Rhymes	abet ... yet: 108 rhymes with eht...

English > *marmoset*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails.
Member of	Callithricidae, family Callithricidae	marmosets
Narrower	pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea	The smallest monkey
	tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita	small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
	true marmoset	A marmoset
Broader	New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian	hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
Spanish	callithrix, tití

HyperDic: marmoset