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Webster 1913 Edition


Wistit

Wis′tit

,
Noun.
[Prob. from native name: cf. F.
ouistiti
.]
(Zool.)
A small South American monkey; a marmoset.
[Written also
wistiti
, and
ouistiti
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Wistit

WISTIT

,
Noun.
The striated monkey; a small species of monkey from South America, with an annulated tail, the ouistiti of Buffon.

Definition 2024


wistit

wistit

English

Noun

wistit (plural wistits)

  1. A small South American monkey; a marmoset.
    • 1907, Thomas Davidson, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, page 640:
      Ouistiti, wis′titi, n. a wistit or marmoset.