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Callithricidae

noun

marmosets

• Syn: ↑family Callithricidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Platyrrhini, ↑superfamily Platyrrhini

• Member Meronyms:

↑marmoset, ↑Callithrix, ↑genus Callithrix, ↑Cebuella, ↑genus Cebuella, ↑Leontocebus, ↑genus Leontocebus, ↑genus Leontideus

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\\-səˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Callitrichidae

: a family of So. American monkeys comprising the marmosets and the tamarins

Useful english dictionary. 2012.