marmozet

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marmozet (plural marmozets)

  1. Archaic form of marmoset.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
      Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how / To snare the nimble marmozet; []

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