Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A New World shrub or small tree (Cyrilla racemiflora) of warm swampy areas, having leathery leaves, yellow fruit, and white flowers in clustered racemes that are borne at the tip of the preceding season's growth. Also called leatherwood.
- n. An evergreen shrub or small tree (Cliftonia monophylla) of the southeast United States, having glossy leathery leaves, white to pinkish flowers clustered in racemes, and winged fruit.
- n. Any of various small, long-tailed, arboreal monkeys of the genus Callicebus, living in tropical regions of South America.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A species of wildcat indigenous to Bolivia and found also around Lake Titicaca. The name of the lake is derived from a rock on the island of Titicaca which bears natural marks resembling heads of cats. In the valleys of the eastern Bolivian Andes the titi is called mulu-mulu in Aymará.
- n. See tee-tee.
- n. Same as buckwheat-tree.
Wiktionary
- n. A New World monkey of the genus Callicebus, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Same as teetee.
- n. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also
black titi ,buckwheat tree , andironwood . - n. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as
white titi .
WordNet 3.0
- n. tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
- n. deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
- n. small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.Spanish tití, from Aymara titi. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Several times during that day poor "titi" was the subject of conversation; indeed, they could hardly talk about anything else.”
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“[mathieu@localhost rpmbuild] (master) $ echo "titi" > SPECS/dummy. spec”
“The department says Cabrera was carrying the 6-inch (15-centimeter) titi monkeys in pouches attached to the girdle.”
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“In recent years, one of my biggest priorities was to follow up on Martin Moynihan's 1976 sighting of a seemingly new species of titi monkey in southern Caqueta province.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Thomas Defler: A New Species of Titi Monkey! (PHOTOS)
“One of my biggest priorities was to follow up on a 1976 sighting of a seemingly new species of titi monkey.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Thomas Defler: A New Species of Titi Monkey! (PHOTOS)
“Yesterday, Conservation International announced the discovery of a new species of titi monkey (Callicebus caquetensis) on a scientific expedition in the Colombian Amazon.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Thomas Defler: A New Species of Titi Monkey! (PHOTOS)
“It's hard to scoff, considering zoologists are still discovering new species of primates, such as the Callicebus caquetensis titi monkey found earlier this year in Colombia.”
“Unfortunately for him, the titi monkey is a protected endangered specie that requires a permit for possession (he claimed they were his pets and he purchased them for $30).”
The Huffington Post: 18 Monkeys Smuggled Into Mexico City Airport
“Where the wildlife population rivals that of we mere mortals and the famed namesake National Park houses a myriad of species, including the titi, whiteface and howler monkeys, two and three toes sloths, brightly hued iguanas so grand that you sidestep as they amble by.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘titi’.
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Ponderable Plant Names
List of plant names (common or scientific) that go trippingly off the tongue, are fun to contemplate, expose the wit of the namer, or just plain befuddle.
tongueshape mudmi..., glandular maiden ..., jeweled maiden fern, stately maiden fern, hairy maiden fern, downy maiden fern, widespread maiden..., turkey tangle fog..., yankeeweed, clitoria fragrans, clitoria mariana, tall tumblemustard and 261 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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primates
big ones,small ones,as many as
I can findangwantibo, babacoote, baboon, bandar, bandari, bobbejaan, bonobo, bushbaby, cebid, ceboid, chacma, chimp and 102 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Trees!
mahogany, sequoia, balsa, sandalwood, tamarind, balsam, eucalyptus, birch, willow, buttonwood, evergreen, loblolly and 501 more...
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bark
liminal space forms
cinnamon, sycamore, ponderosa, Leucadendron arge..., cork, cinchona, angostura, barque, sassafras, arf, yip, quebracho and 94 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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You Damned Dirty Ape!
Primates.
lemur, bush baby, galago, tarsier, potto, loris, marmoset, monkey, tamarin, capuchin, squirrel monkey, night monkey and 44 more...
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scrabble words
good weird words to use hard letters and lots of vowels
qoph, chivy, dipt, dey, penes, vineal, jai, gravid, zill, swale, ataxy, simar and 23 more...
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Reduplicatives
moyamoya, sacsac, tam-tam, ta-ta, tutu, can-can, muumuu, aye-aye, nene, titi, tsetse, boo-boo and 6 more...
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W.E.L.D.E.R.
réchauffé, gast, dere, heller, arête, wair, tut, shad, tipi, emeu, codon, unco and 65 more...
Tweets
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adoarns small S. American monkey Dec 10, 2006