Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of South American platyrrhine monkeys, of the family Cebidœ and subfamily Nyctipithecinœ, having the tail not prehensile; the sagouins or saguins, of which there are numerous species.
- noun [lowercase] An African green monkey, Cercopithecus sabœus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the
Callithricidae ; the true marmosets.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets
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Rational Review 2009
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I also aided in the discovery of a new species of marmoset monkey (callithrix mauesi) in 1992. "
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