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tarsier |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also {malmag}, {spectral lemur}, {podji}, and {tarsier}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tarsier \Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.] See {Tarsius}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tarsier n : nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
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