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titi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtiːtiː/

Meanings

1. Any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae, native to South America, distinguished by their long soft fur.

Forms

Deriveds

dusky titi · Madidi titi monkey · red-bellied titi · Orabassu titi · Prince Bernhard's titi monkey

Translations (2)

pl titi (any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae) · ast tití (any New World monkey of the subfamily Callicebinae)

titi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtiːtiː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori.

Meanings

1. (New-Zealand) Mutton bird.
   • Titis are impressive fliers, migrating from their breeding islands in the Southern Hemisphere to sub-arctic waters between Japan and Alaska and back again each year […] 2002, The National Geographic Magazine, volume 202, page 94:

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titi en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtiːtiː/

Meanings

1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes.
2. Any tree of the related genus Cyrilla.

Forms

Synonyms

black titi (Cliftonia monophylla) · buckwheat tree (Cliftonia monophylla) · ironwood (Cliftonia monophylla) · white titi (tree of genus Cyrilla)