n. [ F. ] (Zool.) A species of small opossum (Didelphys murina) ranging from Mexico to Brazil. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. marmouset a grotesque figure, an ugly little boy, prob. fr. LL. marmoretum, fr. L. marmor marble. Perhaps confused with marmot. See Marble. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small South American monkeys of the genera