tar·si·er
(tär′sē-ər, -sē-ā′)n.
Any of several small insectivorous primates of the genus Tarsius of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines, being nocturnal and arboreal and having extremely large round eyes, a long tail, and long digits with nails except for the second and third toes, which have claws.
[French, from tarse, tarsus (from its elongated ankles), from New Latin tarsus; see tarsus.]
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tarsier
(ˈtɑːsɪə)n
(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
[C18: from French, from tarse the flat of the foot; see tarsus]
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tar•si•er
(ˈtɑr si ər, -siˌeɪ)n.
any small tree-dwelling SE Asian primate of the genus Tarsius, suborder Tarsioideae, having a long naked tail and very large eyes.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| 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 vertebratesprimate - 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 |
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