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Noun: marmoset  'maa(r)-mu,zet
  1. Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

Derived forms: marmosets

Type of: New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian

Part of: Callithricidae, family Callithricidae

Encyclopedia: Marmoset