| midas | <zoology> A genus of longeared South American monkeys, including numerous species of marmosets. See Marmoset. Origin: So called from L. Midas, a man fabled to have had ass's ears. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| midas's ear | <marine biology> A pulmonate mollusk (Auricula, or Ellobium, aurismidae); so called from resemblance to a human ear. See: Midas. (19 Mar 1998) |