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CALLITHRICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Callithricidae mean?
• CALLITHRICIDAE (noun)
The noun CALLITHRICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. marmosets
Familiarity information: CALLITHRICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marmosets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Callithricidae; family Callithricidae
Hypernyms ("Callithricidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Callithricidae"):
marmoset (small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails)
Callithrix; genus Callithrix (type genus of the Callithricidae: true marmosets)
Cebuella; genus Cebuella (pygmy marmosets)
genus Leontideus; genus Leontocebus; Leontocebus (tamarins)
Holonyms ("Callithricidae" is a member of...):
Platyrrhini; superfamily Platyrrhini (New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin)
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