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tarsier

(tär′sē ər)

noun

any of a family (Tarsiidae) of small primates of the East Indies and the Philippines, with very large, gogglelike eyes, and a long, tufted tail: tarsiers live in trees, are active at night, and feed esp. on lizards and insects

Origin: Fr, so named by Comte de Buffon < tarse, tarsus, from the foot structure

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noun

Any of several small nocturnal arboreal primates of the genus Tarsius, of the East Indies and the Philippines, having large round eyes, a long tail, and long fingers and toes tipped with soft disklike pads.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from tarse, tarsus (from its elongated ankles)

Origin: , from New Latin tarsus; see tarsus

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