tamarins meaning

• [Medicine]
  A genus of CALLITRICHINAE consisting of 22 species and found in Panama as well as South America. Species seen most frequently in the literature are S. oedipus (cotton-top marmoset),S. nigricollis,and S. fusicollis.

• golden tamarins:    [Medicine]A subfam ...

Examples

1. The Tropical Rainforest Habitat is home to exotic cotton top tamarins.
2. But at Poco das Antas, the tamarin is coming back.
3. Later, primatologists discovered there were 300 tamarins in the area.
4. The tamarins'worst enemies include deadly viruses and forest fires.
5. It is not known if tamarins were killed in the fire.