marmoset

noun

mar·mo·set ˈmär-mə-ˌset

-ˌzet

: any of numerous small soft-furred South and Central American monkeys (family Callithricidae) with claws instead of nails on all the digits except the big toe

Examples of marmoset in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The team repeatedly performed the French drop for 24 monkeys from three species– capuchins, squirrel monkeys, and marmosets. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023 Native to Brazil, marmosets subsist on a diet of insects and the gum or sap from trees, experts say. —

Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Jan. 2023 Male marmosets and tamarins lose weight while carrying the young. —

Time, 17 June 2023 Juvenile marmosets are resilient against social isolation if they are given ayahuasca before their families are taken away. —

Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023 The owner of the marmoset is charged with propagation and holding of wildlife without a permit, documents show. —

Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Jan. 2023 An autopsy found that the marmoset did not have rabies. —

Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Jan. 2023 The smallest of the them all – the pygmy marmoset, no bigger than a hand – is also the latest to evolve. —

Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2011 An owl monkey, with a brain twice as large as a marmoset, actually has twice as many neurons — whereas doubling the size of a rodent brain often yields only 20 to 30 percent more neurons. —

Douglas Fox, Discover Magazine, 20 Aug. 2018 See More

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