Definitions for galagogəˈleɪ goʊ, -ˈlɑ-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ga•la•gogəˈleɪ goʊ, -ˈlɑ-(n.)(pl.)-gos.

  1. Category: Zoology, Mammals

    Ref: bush baby.

Origin of galago:

1845–55; < NL

Princeton's WordNet

  1. galago, bushbaby, bush baby(noun)

    agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears

Wiktionary

  1. galago(Noun)

    A small, nocturnal and arboreal African lemur-like primate, (family Galagidae, genus Galago) with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes.

  2. Origin: Possibly from golo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Galago(noun)

    a genus of African lemurs, including numerous species

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Galago

    A genus of the family Lorisidae having four species which inhabit the forests and bush regions of Africa south of the Sahara and some nearby islands. The four species are G. alleni, G. crassicaudatus, G. demidovii, and G. senegalensis. There is another genus, Euoticus, containing two species which some authors have included in the Galago genus.


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