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marmoset.

Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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noun/ˈmɑɹməsət/US/ˈmɑɹməzət/US
  1. Any small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, and Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout.

  2. A hideous figure; a grotesque.

    obsolete
  3. An unappealing or foolish man.

    archaic · derogatory
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“a gargoyle; a small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

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