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tamarin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtæməɹɪn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T AE1 M ER0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marmoset

Narrower terms: silky tamarin, Leontocebus rosalia, pinche, Leontocebus oedipus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (“tamarin”), from tupi-guarani tamari.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: tití — monkey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 檉柳猴 /柽柳猴 (chēngliǔhóu) — monkey
  • Dutch: tamarin — monkey
  • Finnish: tamariini — monkey
  • French: tamarin — monkey
  • Georgian: ტამარინი (ṭamarini) — monkey
  • Japanese: タマリン (tamarin) — monkey
  • Kazakh: тамарин (tamarin) — monkey
  • Romanian: tamarin — monkey
  • Russian: тамари́н (tamarín) — monkey