saimirin.
/sʌɪˈmɪəri/ A small South American squirrel-monkey of the genus Chrysothrix (formerly Saimiris).
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1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 236 The fifth and last of the sapajou kind, or monkies that hold by the tail, is the Samiri, or Aurora; which is the smallest and the most beautiful of all.
1780 W. Smellie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular VIII. 199 The Saïmiri is commonly known by the name of the golden, orange, or yellow sapajou.
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 97 The Saimiri (Chrysothrix).
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