Definitions for tamarin

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tamarin tam·a·rin

Spelling: [tam-uh-rin, -ran]

IPA: /ˈtæm ə rɪn, -ˌræn/

Tamarin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in tamarin (aaimnrt).

Definitions for tamarin

noun

1. any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.

Origin of tamarin

1735-45; French Carib

Examples for tamarin

tamarin, tam′a-rin, n. a small South American squirrel-monkey.

The tamarin has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on his posteriors.

THIS animal, though very small, is still larger than either the ouistiti, or the tamarin.