marmoset

English

common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹməsət/, /ˈmɑɹməzət/

Noun

marmoset (plural marmosets)

1. A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, , or , 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 ()

  Wied's marmoset ()

  white-headed marmoset ()

  buffy-headed marmoset ()

  buffy-tufted marmoset ()

• Amazonian marmosets ()

  Rio Acari marmoset (genus )

  silvery marmoset ()

  white marmoset ()

  Emilia's marmoset ()

  black-headed marmoset ()

  Marca's marmoset ()

  black-tailed marmoset ()

  Santarem marmoset ()

  Maués marmoset ()

  Munduruku marmoset ()

  gold-and-white marmoset ()

  Hershkovitz's marmoset ()

  Satéré marmoset ()

  Rondon's marmoset ()

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

  (species or )

• pygmy marmoset (genus or subgenus )

  ( or )

Translations

small monkey

• Belarusian: ма́лпачка f (málpačka)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: kosman (cs) m
• Finnish: silkkiapina, marmosetti
• French: ouistiti (fr) m, marmouset (fr) m
• German: Marmosette f
• Ido: wistitio (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: moncaí marmaisíneach m
• Italian: uistitì m, marmose
• Japanese: マーモセット (ja) (māmosetto)
• Korean: 마모셋 (mamoset)
• Polish: marmozeta f
• Portuguese: sagui m
• Russian: марты́шка (ru) f (martýška), обезья́нка (ru) f (obezʹjánka)
• 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