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# tamarin

«tamarin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small monkey from the rainforests of Central and South…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a tamarin, tamarins)

### meaning for a pupil

A small monkey from the rainforests of Central and South America, with silky fur and a long tail; some, like the golden lion tamarin, have a bright mane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons tamarins appear in topics about rainforests, food chains and endangered animals. The golden lion tamarin is a famous example of an animal saved by zoos and protected forests. They live in family groups and the fathers often carry the babies. Phrases: «golden lion tamarin», «cotton-top tamarin», «emperor tamarin».

### examples

- A tamarin is small enough to sit in your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x1)
- The golden lion tamarin has orange fur like a little lion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x2)
- Tamarins eat fruit, insects and tree sap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x3)
- At the zoo we saw a family of tamarins jumping between branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x4)
- The emperor tamarin has a long white moustache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x5)
- Tamarin fathers often carry the twin babies on their backs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x6)
- Cutting down the rainforest puts tamarins in danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/#x7)

### note

Countable: one tamarin, two tamarins. Do not confuse with «tamarind», a fruit tree, or «tambourine», a musical instrument.

### In the corpora

- [Tamarins and marmosets usually have twins, and the father and older brothers and sisters carry the babies most of the time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/86-monkey-house-and-lemurs-of-madagascar/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tamarin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tamarin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.