Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small squirrel-like monkey of South America. one of the marmosets or oustitis, of the genus Hapale or Jacchus. H. argentatus is white, with black tail and flesh-colored face and hands.
- noun [capitalized] A genus of marmosets based on this species.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small South American monkey (
Mico melanurus ), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to themarmoset .
Etymologies
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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And in Colombia mico is the word for monkey, not chango.
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The mico was an older man; I had to use every trick to keep his interest, make his body perform.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The mico was an older man; I had to use every trick to keep his interest, make his body perform.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
chained_bear commented on the word mico
Illustration here is titled "The Mico or Fair Monkey." Further poking around revealed this page and the name Simia argentata. (Second from top in the left column.)
August 26, 2008