sagoin · noun — A marmoset, especially of the genus Callithrix.
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sagoin is pronounced /səˈɡɔɪn/.
Etymology
From a Tupian word, related to sai and apparently saki (from a Tupian word sagui).
noun
- A marmoset, especially of the genus Callithrix.
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Words closest in meaning
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- marmoset 65% match — 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. vs sagoin →
- tamarin 64% match — One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus. vs sagoin →
- jacchus 62% match — The marmoset (Hapale vulgaris) vs sagoin →
- sajou 62% match — A spider monkey or capuchin. vs sagoin →
- callimico 61% match — Goeldi's marmoset vs sagoin →
- sarigue 60% match — A small South American opossum (Philander opossum) with four white spots on the face. vs sagoin →
- callimiconid 60% match — A monkey in the family Callimiconidae, now considered to be part of the family Callitrichidae; a Goeldi's marmoset. vs sagoin →
- cottontop 59% match — An arboreal, diurnal New World tamarin, Saguinus oedipus. vs sagoin →