marmoset

marmoset — noun обезьянка, мартышка …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Marmoset — Mar mo*set (m[aum]r m[ o]*z[e^]t ; 277), n. [F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See {Marble}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small South… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

marmoset — 1> мартышка (обезьяна) …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

Marmoset — Marmoset, s. Seidenaffe …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

Marmoset — Marmoset, s. Uistiti …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

Marmoset — This article is about the new world monkey. For other uses, see Marmoset (disambiguation). Marmosets[1][2] …   Wikipedia

marmoset — /mahr meuh zet , set /, n. any of several small, squirrellike, South and Central American monkeys of the genera Callithrix, Leontocebus, etc., having soft fur and a long, nonprehensile tail: some species are endangered. [1350 1400; ME marmusette… …   Universalium

marmoset — noun Etymology: Middle English marmusette kind of monkey, from Middle French marmoset grotesque figure, from marmouser to mumble, of imitative origin Date: 1679 any of numerous small soft furred South and Central American monkeys (family… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

marmoset — мартышка …   Англо-русский технический словарь

marmoset — noun /ˈmɑrməsət,ˈmɑrməzət/ A small Central and South American monkey (genus Callithrix), with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout …   Wiktionary