marmoset

• n. 狨猴；小猿

栖于中南美洲的小长尾猴。来自古法语marmoset,小丑，弄臣，怪异的长相，来自marmotter,嘀咕，咕哝，拟声词。可能是因为这种猴子长相怪异而借用该古法语词来命名。

marmoset (n.)

"small monkey," late 14c., from Old French marmoset "grotesque figurine; fool, jester" (late 13c.), perhaps a variant of marmote "long-tailed monkey, ape," then, as a term of endearment, "little child;" said to be from marmonner, marmotter "to mutter, mumble," probably of imitative origin. Some French authorities suggest a derivation of marmoset from marmor "marble," as if "little marble figurine."

1. Rare newborn albino Pygmy Marmoset monkeys perched on a zookeeper's fingers.

稀有的新出生白子侏儒狨猴栖息在一位动物园管理员的手指上.

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2. Marmoset: Marmosets are tiny South American monkeys.

狨: 狨是南美洲的一种体型轻巧的猴类.

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3. Marmoset: Marmosets are small monkeys in South America.

绒猴: 绒猴是南美的一种小型猴.

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4. Scientists have developed the common marmoset monkey as a new animal model for Lassa fever research.

科学家最近已成功把常见的绒猴作为新的供拉沙热研究的动物模型.

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