FAMILY CALLITHRICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Callithricidae mean? 

• FAMILY CALLITHRICIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CALLITHRICIDAE has 1 sense:

1. marmosets

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CALLITHRICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CALLITHRICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marmosets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callithricidae; family Callithricidae

Hypernyms ("family Callithricidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family 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)