Marmozet
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- n marmozet An obsolete form of marmoset.
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In literature:
He was so angry with Garrick that he dragged him into "Roderick Random" as Marmozet.
"Adventures among Books" by Andrew Lang
The prettiest of all monkeys is the Marmozet; the Ouistiti of Buffon; the Simia Jacchus of Linnaeus.
"Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals" by R. Lee
I would as soon wrap your too-celebrated tunic about a little playful marmozet.
"Hypolympia" by Edmund Gosse
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In poetry:
The species Man and Marmozet
Are intimately linked;
The Marmozet survives as yet,
But Men are all extinct.
"The Marmozet" by Hilaire Belloc