tamarin

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tamarin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tamarin \Tam"a*rin\, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South
     American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially Midas ursulus
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tamarin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tamarin
      n 1: small South American marmoset with silky fur and long
           nonprehensile tail [syn: tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset
           , leoncita]