different between capuchin vs marmoset

English

Etymology

Late 16th c., from French capuchin, from earlier capucin, from Italian cappuccino, ultimately from Late Latin cappa (“cape, hood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæp?t???n/

Noun

capuchin (plural capuchins)

1. A monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; (generally) a Franciscan.
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 50:

     “That is something,” said the capuchin, “but not the most essential. Are you certain that he is a Christian?”

2. A garment consisting of a cloak and hood, made in imitation of the dress of Capuchin monks.
   • a. 1886, Emily Dickinson, "The Guest is gold and crimson"

     Of Ermine is his doublet — / His Capuchin gay —

3. A capuchin monkey.
4. A hooded pigeon.

Translations

See also

• cappuccino

References

English

Etymology

From Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??m?s?t/, /?m??m?z?t/

Noun

marmoset (plural marmosets)

1. A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, or Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) A hideous figure; a grotesque. [15th-19th c.]
3. (derogatory, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• Atlantic marmosets (genus Callithrix)

  common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

  black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata)

  Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)

  white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)

  buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps)

  buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita)

• Amazonian marmosets (Mico)

  Rio Acari marmoset (genus Mico acariensis)

  silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus)

  white marmoset (Mico leucippe)

  Emilia's marmoset (Mico emiliae)

  black-headed marmoset (Mico nigriceps)

  Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai)

  black-tailed marmoset (Mico melanura)

  Santarem marmoset (Mico humeralifer)

  Maués marmoset (Mico mauesi)

  Munduruku marmoset (Mico munduruku)

  gold-and-white marmoset (Mico chrysoleucos)

  Hershkovitz's marmoset (Mico intermedius)

  Satéré marmoset (Mico saterei)

  Rondon's marmoset (Mico rondoni)

• Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, black-crowned dwarf marmoset (genus Callibella or subgenus Callithrix (Callibella))

  (species Callibella humilis or Callithrix humilis)

• pygmy marmoset (genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella))

  (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea)

Translations

References

• marmoset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callitrichidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Callitrichidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Metsamor, memorats, somatrem