marmoset

«marmoset» in Mova's school dictionary: a very small monkey with a long tail, soft fur and often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (marmoset, marmosets)

meaning for a pupil

A marmoset is a very small monkey with a long tail, soft fur and often tufts of hair on its ears, which lives in the rainforests of South America. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on habitats and food chains, marmosets live in trees, eat fruit, insects and tree gum, and live in family groups. They are seen in zoos; animal charities say they should not be kept as pets because they need special care and company. Common phrases: «common marmoset», «pygmy marmoset», «a family of marmosets».

examples

• A marmoset can fit in the palm of an adult's hand. tree →
• The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest monkeys in the world. tree →
• Marmosets scratch tree bark to lick the gum. tree →
• At the zoo we saw marmosets with white ear tufts. tree →
• Marmosets usually have twins. tree →
• The marmoset leapt from branch to branch. tree →
• Marmosets live in the rainforests of Brazil. tree →

note

Plural: marmosets. Say MAR-mo-set. They are monkeys, not apes, and they have tails.

In the corpora

• Tamarins and marmosets usually have twins, and the father and older brothers and sisters carry the babies most of the time.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «marmoset» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.