Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A squirrel-monkey; a small South American monkey of the genus Saimiris (Geoffroy) or Chrysothrix (Wagler), having a bushy non-prehensile tail: extended to some other small squirrel-like monkeys of the same country, and confused with saguin (which see). Also written samiri, saimari, and rarely Englished saimir. See cut under
squirrel-monkey .
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- noun
squirrel monkey - noun Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American
arboreal monkeys comprising thesquirrel monkeys .
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- noun squirrel monkeys
Etymologies
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Examples
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The saimiri, or titi of the Orinoco, the atele, the sajou, and other quadrumanous animals long known in Europe, form a striking contrast, both in their gait and habits, with the macavahu, called by the missionaries viudita, or widow in mourning.
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The sight of the smallest saimiri puts it to flight.
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The only living creature that accompanied them from their valley-home was the pretty saimiri, carried on the shoulder of the little Leona.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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It came from the toldo; and, at the same instant, the saimiri was seen leaping out from the door.
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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It was a beautiful little creature -- a true saimiri, or squirrel monkey, called the "titi."
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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It was not long after that a pleasanter pet than either of them was found, and this was a beautiful little saimiri monkey, about the size of
The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850
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The saimiri, or titi of the Orinoco, the atele, the sajou, and other quadrumanous animals long known in Europe, form a striking contrast, both in their gait and habits, with the macavahu, called by the missionaries viudita, or widow in mourning.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The sight of the smallest saimiri puts it to flight.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The Yale team found that Herpesvirus saimiri, a virus that infects monkeys and can cause cancers, seems to have copied other non-coding bits of RNA from the host cell.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The Yale team found that Herpesvirus saimiri, a virus that infects monkeys and can cause cancers, seems to have copied other non-coding bits of RNA from the host cell.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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