Saguinus

Translingual

Etymology

From Portuguese sagui, borrowed from Old Tupi sagûi ("marmoset") + Latin -inus ("of, or pertaining to").

Coined by German botanist, entomologist and ornithologist Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg in 1807.

Proper noun

Saguinus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Callitrichidae – the tamarins.

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