saimiri
See also: Saimiri
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saí-mirim (literally “little monkey”).
Noun
saimiri (plural saimiris)
- Squirrel monkey.
- Any member of Saimiri, a taxonomic genus of South American arboreal monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys.
Translations
Portuguese
Etymology
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Noun
saimiri m (plural saimiris)
Further reading
- “saimiri”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “saimiri”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024