marmoset
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- noun
- /ˈmɑrməˌzɛt/
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marmoset
- Researchers discovered that male marmosets often share parenting duties, taking care of their young.
- pygmy marmoset
- marmosets and tamarins
- marmoset monkey
It's like maybe you know, animal skin, probably marmoset.
- It's like maybe you know, animal skin, probably marmoset.
Examples
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The golden lion marmoset is a small monkey native to the Brazilian rainforest.
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In the wild, the pygmy marmoset uses its sharp claws to climb trees and find insects.
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And male marmoset monkeys will do more parenting of their offspring than even the the females will.
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They were using the marmosets for research... for scientific research about...
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The marmoset and the lemur are thumbless.
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Marmosets go out of their way to provide food to others, and tamarins even keep track of and reciprocate generosity.
Academic text (2009) -
His all-time best view of that galaxy came from an island off the coast of Brazil, where he traveled last summer to begin research on threatened marmosets in the Amazon rainforest.
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But only among marmosets and tamarins, members of the family Callitrichidae, do we find shared infant care combined with extensive alloparental provisioning, such as we also see in humans.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
A small monkey like a marmoset from Central and South America
Compounds
- Specialized
A small South American monkey with soft fur that often has twins and is not a tamarin
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word marmoset comes from a French word marmouset that meant 'dwarf' or 'little monkey' and was used for small animals. So a marmoset is a very small monkey, and the name helps you remember its tiny size.