TARSIER

tarsier

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tarsier (plural tarsiers)

An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.

Anagrams

• 'Arriets, artsier, serrati, starier, tarries

Source: Wiktionary


Tar"si*er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. tarsier.]

Definition: See Tarsius.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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