tarsier (redirected from Tarsiers)

tar·si·er  (tärs-r, -s-)

n.

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.

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[French, from tarse, tarsus (from its elongated ankles), from New Latin tarsus; see tarsus.]

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tarsier [ˈtɑːsɪə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several nocturnal arboreal prosimian primates of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having huge eyes, long hind legs, and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing: family Tarsiidae

[from French, from tarse the flat of the foot; see tarsus]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tarsier - 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 primate - any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet genus Tarsius, Tarsius - type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae Tarsius syrichta - a variety of tarsier Tarsius glis - a variety of tarsier