tamarin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
    lion monkey; leoncita; lion marmoset.

WordNet

Tam"a*rin noun
Etymology
From the native name in Cayenne.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially M. ursulus.

Webster 1913