Crossword clues for tamarin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tamarin \Tam"a*rin\, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus Midas, especially Midas ursulus.
Wiktionary
n. One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys.
WordNet
n. small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita]
Wikipedia
Tamarin can have various meanings:
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Tamarins are any of the small squirrel-like monkeys of South America in the genus Saguinus of the family Cebidae.
- Lion tamarins are closely related to the tamarins, and are in genus Leontopithecus.
- Tamarin (JavaScript engine) is a free ActionScript and ECMAScript virtual machine and JIT compiler.
- Tamarin, Mauritius is a village on the island country of Mauritius.
- Tamarin, Suriname is a village in Suriname.
The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus. They are closely related to the lion tamarins in the genus Leontopithecus.
Tamarin is a free software virtual machine with just-in-time compilation (JIT) support intended to implement the 4th edition of the ECMAScript (ES4) language standard. Tamarin source code originates from ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 (AVM2) developed by Adobe Systems, as introduced within Adobe Flash Player 9, which implements ActionScript 3 scripting language. ActionScript Virtual Machine 2 was donated as open-source to Mozilla Foundation on November 7, 2006, to develop Tamarin as a high-performance virtual machine, with the support from broad Mozilla community, to be used by Mozilla and Adobe Systems in the next generation of their JavaScript and ActionScript engines with the ultimate aim to unify the scripting languages across web browsers and Adobe Flash platform and ease the development of rich better performing web applications.
Usage examples of "tamarin".
Floyt in mind of a golden-lion tamarin monkey, except that it was a little bigger and bulkier, more ground-dweller-looking.
Elroy wanted to climb lianas, gather bananas in the clearings, and hunt tamarin monkeys in the high forest canopy.
Will saw a small emperor tamarin monkey with a flowing white mustache sitting on a low branch in a tree no more than five feet away, the ring of keys clutched in its tiny hands.
Among the minority of adult male mammals that do offer their offspring paternal care are polygynous male zebras and gorillas with harems of females, male gibbons paired off with females as solitary couples, and saddleback tamarin monkeys, of which two adult males are kept as a harem by one polyan-drous adult female.
The variety of animals was impressive: ocelot, toucan, marmoset, tamarin, anteater, even snakes and lizards, and oddly enough one jungle trout.
A tribe of golden lion tamarins sat on the rail of the outer walkway and watched mournfully as servants passed the windows carrying fruit.
Amazona section, Alex wanted to stop and see the golden lion tamarins, their large enclosure outlined in bright blue.
Salt Lake City, there was the surprise escape of several endangered cotton-top tamarins from the Hogle Zoo.
Among the minority of adult male mammals that do offer their offspring paternal care are polygynous male zebras and gorillas with harems of females, male gibbons paired off with females as solitary couples, and saddleback tamarin monkeys, of which two adult males are kept as a harem by one polyan-drous adult female.
Hal advised me, and we selected a family of golden lion tamarins and a pair of slow lorises.