Jacchus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jacchus \Jac"chus\, n. [NL., fr. L. Jacchus a mystic name of
     Bacchus, Gr. ?.] (Zool.)
     The common marmoset ({Hapale vulgaris}). Formerly, the name
     was also applied to other species of the same genus.
     [1913 Webster]