pygmy marmoset

noun

A small monkey (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea), native to the far western Amazon rainforests.

Similar
Cebuella pygmaea

Meanings

nounpygmy marmoset (plural pygmy marmosets)

plural pygmy marmosets

  1. A small monkey (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea), native to the far western Amazon rainforests.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe smallest monkey; of tropical forests of the Amazon

Similar
Cebuella pygmaea
Broader

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