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tarsier


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  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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