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Noun: tamarin  ta-mu-rin
  1. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
    "Tamarins are known for their distinctive moustache-like facial hair";
    - lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita

Derived forms: tamarins

Type of: marmoset

Part of: genus Leontideus, genus Leontocebus, Leontocebus

Encyclopedia: Tamarin, Suriname