Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marmoset"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marmoset \Mar"mo*set`\, n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an
ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor
marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See {Marble}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys
of the genera {Hapale} and {Midas}, family {Hapalid[ae]}.
They have long soft fur, and a hairy, nonprehensile tail.
They are often kept as pets. Called also {squirrel monkey}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marmoset
n : small soft-furred South and Central American monkey with
claws instead of nails
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