titi
pronunciation
How to pronounce titi in British English:
UK ['tiːtiː]
How to pronounce titi in American English:
US [ti'ti]
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- Noun:
- tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
- deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves
- small South American monkeys with long beautiful fur and long nonprehensile tail
Word Origin
- titi (n.)
- type of small South American monkey, 1832, from native name in Tupi, probably imitative.
Example
- 1. Four weeks later , another titi monkey came down with the same symptoms .
- 2. Once you arrive at the reception , there 's a cozy and artistic atmosphere , it is like almost in a real ' parisian titi ' !
- 3. Titi eco farm resort reserves the right to change , modify or amend the programs mentioned above at any time without prior notice .
- 4. A team led by infectious diseases researcher charles chiu of the university of california , san francisco , analyzed lung tissue samples from the dead monkeys and identified a never-before-seen adenovirus , which they named titi monkey adenovirus ( tmadv ) .
- 5. Include a hundred new bat species , a rodent species thought extinct for 11 million years , a pygmy deer from bhutan , a macaque from the himalayan foothills , a white titi monkey from brazil , and a pygmy sloth from panama .