marmoset

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“a gargoyle; a small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹməsət/, /ˈmɑɹməzət/ === Noun === marmoset (plural marmosets) Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.] (obsolete) A hideous figure; a grotesque. [15th–19th c.] (derogatory, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. [from 16th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== Atlantic marmosets (genus Callithrix) common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii) white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita) Amazonian marmosets (Mico) Rio Acari marmoset (genus Mico acariensis) silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus) white marmoset (Mico leucippe) Emilia's marmoset (Mico emiliae) black-headed marmoset (Mico nigriceps) Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai) black-tailed marmoset (Mico melanura) Santarem marmoset (Mico humeralifer) Maués marmoset (Mico mauesi) Munduruku marmoset (Mico munduruku) gold-and-white marmoset (Mico chrysoleucos) Hershkovitz's marmoset (Mico intermedius) Satéré marmoset (Mico saterei) Rondon's marmoset (Mico rondoni) Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, black-crowned dwarf marmoset (genus Callibella or subgenus Callithrix (Callibella)) (species Callibella humilis or Callithrix humilis) pygmy marmoset (genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella)) (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea) ==== Translations ==== === References === marmoset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Callitrichidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Callitrichidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Metsamor, memorats, somatrem