Tarsier

3 definitions found

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

  Tarsier \Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.]
     See {Tarsius}.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See {Tarsus}.] (Zool.)
     A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes
     and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones;
     -- called also {malmag}, {spectral lemur}, {podji}, and
     {tarsier}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tarsier
       n : 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