indri, indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus
(noun) large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
indri (plural indris)
One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar.
Synonyms: babacoote, babakoto
• Nidri
Source: Wiktionary
In"dris, In"dri, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of Madagascar, as the diadem indris (I. diadema), which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly indris (I. laniger); and the short-tailed or black indris (I. brevicaudatus), which is black, varied with gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
