tamarin

Other forms: tamarins

Definitions of tamarin

1. noun

   small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail
   synonyms: leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey

   types:

   Leontocebus rosalia, silky tamarin

   golden South American monkey with long soft hair forming a mane

   Leontocebus oedipus, pinche

   South American tamarin with a tufted head

   type of:

   marmoset

   a small, soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails