Also 7 calitrich. [L. callithrix, pl. callitriches a kind of ape or monkey in Ethiopia (Pliny VIII. liv. 80 § 216).] A genus of small Brazilian monkeys.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 7. The Calitrich … may be termed in English a bearded Ape.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, II. viii. § 19. He beareth Gules, the Head of a Calitrich Ape.
1708. Kersey, Callithrix, a kind of Ape in Ethiopia, with a long beard, and a spread Tail.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist. (1862), I. VII. i. 507. The Callitrix, or Green Monkey of St. Iago.
