Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small squirrel-like monkey of South America. one of the marmosets or oustitis, of the genus Hapale or Jacchus. H. argentatus is white, with black tail and flesh-colored face and hands.
- n. [capitalized] A genus of marmosets based on this species.
Wiktionary
- n. A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.
Etymologies
- Spanish or Portuguese (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.”
“The mico was an older man; I had to use every trick to keep his interest, make his body perform.”
“Reading TFLN reminded me of what I’ve been calling mico-narrative, the term I’ve slapped on a host of websites and phenomena that sate our craving for bite-sized information.”
“AT the head of this venerable senate, presides their mico or king, which signifies a magistrate or chief ruler: the governors of Carolina, Georgia, &c. are called mico; and the king of England is called”
“When gov't has to make so many mico-decisions the efficiency drag of the Public Choice Theory effects becomes greater.”
“Reducing the cost of home heating oil is a nice example of economies of scale, which is also covered in any standard mico text.”
Textbook Omissions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“This mico-budgeted scare flick became the surprise hit of 2009 in true Blair Witch fashion, but overall I found it kind of “meh”.”
“Personally I wouldn't be up in arms about a health care bill (we need it) except that it's just something else the government wants to mico-manage in the public sector.”
““I was so young back then . . . a girl when I was given to the great mico.””
““Someone carry those,” the mico ordered, seeing that we were about to lace the packs onto the dogs.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mico’.
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1800 Woodcuts by Thomas Bewick and Hi...
Bizarre stuff found there. Note that archaic terms are occasionally not spelled the way we spell them today; in these cases I've tried to link to the modernized spelling (where known) on the word p...
musk-bull, urus, zebu, cameleopard, ratel, suricate, wombach, saragoy, murine, ternate, coach dog, comforter and 91 more...
Tweets
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chained_bear Illustration here is titled "The Mico or Fair Monkey." Further poking around revealed this page and the name Simia argentata. (Second from top in the left column.) Aug 25, 2008