marmoset

English

common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹməsət/, /ˈmɑɹməzət/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

marmoset (plural marmosets)

1. A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, or Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) A hideous figure; a grotesque. [15th–19th c.]
3. (derogatory, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• Atlantic marmosets (genus Callithrix)

  common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

  black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata)

  Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)

  white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)

  buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps)

  buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita)

• Amazonian marmosets (Mico)

  Rio Acari marmoset (genus Mico acariensis)

  silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus)

  white marmoset (Mico leucippe)

  Emilia's marmoset (Mico emiliae)

  black-headed marmoset (Mico nigriceps)

  Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai)

  black-tailed marmoset (Mico melanura)

  Santarem marmoset (Mico humeralifer)

  Maués marmoset (Mico mauesi)

  Munduruku marmoset (Mico munduruku)

  gold-and-white marmoset (Mico chrysoleucos)

  Hershkovitz's marmoset (Mico intermedius)

  Satéré marmoset (Mico saterei)

  Rondon's marmoset (Mico rondoni)

• Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, black-crowned dwarf marmoset (genus Callibella or subgenus Callithrix (Callibella))

  (species Callibella humilis or Callithrix humilis)

• pygmy marmoset (genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella))

  (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea)

Translations

small monkey

• Asturian: tití (ast) m
• Belarusian: ма́лпачка f (málpačka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狨 (zh) (róng), 狨猴 (rónghóu), 絹毛猴／绢毛猴 (juànmáohóu), 長尾猴／长尾猴 (zh) (chángwěihóu)

• Czech: kosman (cs) m
• Finnish: marmosetti
• French: ouistiti (fr) m, marmouset (fr) m
• German: Marmosette f
• Hungarian: selyemmajom (hu)
• Ido: wistitio (io)
• Irish: moncaí marmaisíneach m
• Italian: uistitì m, marmose
• Japanese: マーモセット (ja) (māmosetto)
• Korean: 마모셋 (mamoset)
• Old Tupi: sagûi
• Polish: marmozeta f
• Portuguese: sagui m, mico (pt) m, sauim m, soim m
• Russian: марты́шка (ru) f (martýška), обезья́нка (ru) f (obezʹjánka)
• Serbo-Croatian: marmoset m, marmozet m
• Spanish: tití m

References

• marmoset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callitrichidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Callitrichidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Metsamor, memorats, somatrem