marmoset

English

a marmoset

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈmɑrməsət/, /ˈmɑrməzət/

Noun

marmoset (plural marmosets)

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

Translations

small monkey

• Chinese:

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

• French: ouistiti (fr) m, marmouset (fr) m
• German: Marmosette (de) f
• Japanese: マーモセット (ja) (māmosetto)

• Korean: 마모셋 (ko) (mamoset)
• Polish: marmozeta (pl) f
• Portuguese: sagui (pt) m
• Russian: мартышка (ru) (martýška) f, обезьянка (ru) (obezʹjánka) f
• Spanish: tití (es) m

See also

• Marmoset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Appendix:List of sequenced animal genomes