Indris

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indris \In"dris\, Indri \In"dri\, n. (Zool.)
     Any lemurine animal of the genus {Indris}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Several species are known, all of them natives of
           Madagascar, as the diadem indris ({Indris diadema}),


           which has a white ruff around the forehead; the woolly
           indris ({Indris laniger}); and the short-tailed or
           black indris ({Indris brevicaudatus}), which is black,
           varied with gray.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indris
       n : large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky
           fur in black and white and fawn [syn: {indri}, {Indri
           indri}, {Indri brevicaudatus}]