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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hideous figure; a grotesque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
An unappealing or foolish man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, derogatory
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noun
small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
Narrower terms: true marmoset, pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea, tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita
History
Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“a gargoyle; a small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
