marmoset

Significat (Anglès)

1. Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.
2. (obsolete) A hideous figure; a grotesque.
3. (archaic, derogatory) An unappealing or foolish man.

Sinònims

monkey

🐒

lemur

Old World monkey

Traduccions

ouistiti

marmouset

tití

sagui

mico

cercopiteco

uistitì

marmose

macaco

🐒

mono

🐒

mico

macaco

callithrix

Meerkatze

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɑɹməsət/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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