a small forest-dwelling South American monkey of the marmoset family, typically brightly coloured and with tufts and crests of hair around the face and neck.
Genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus, family Callitrichidae (or Callithricidae): several species
Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from Galibi
tamarin in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of tamarin in the US English dictionary
