Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A South American squirrel-monkey of either of the genera Callithrix and Chrysothrix; a pinche or saimiri. There are several species. See cut under
squirrel-monkey . - noun The diving petrel, Pelecanoides (or Halodroma) urinatrix.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera. Called also
pinche ,titi , andsaimiri . See Squirrel monkey, undersquirrel . - noun (Zoöl.) A diving petrel of Australia (
Halodroma wrinatrix ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Archaic form of
titi . - noun
Eye dialect spelling oftitty .
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Examples
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Among them is the Saimiri, or teetee, of which there are several species.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The collared teetee is among the most attractive -- Callithrix torquatus.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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