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tamarin
CIDE DICTIONARY
tamarin, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.].
Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas , especially Midas ursulus . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamarin, n. any S. American usu. insect-eating monkey of the genus Saguinus, having hairy crests and moustaches.
Etymology
F f. Carib
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