Associations to the word «Tarsier»

Wiktionary

TARSIER, noun. Used attributively as a species epithet
TARSIER, noun. An insectivorous primate of the Tarsiidae family, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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