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1. (n.) tarsier
any small tree-dwelling SE Asian primate of the genus Tarsius, suborder Tarsioideae, having a long naked tail and very large eyes.
Etymology: (1765–75; < F, =tarsetarsus+-ier -ier2)
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1. (noun) 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 vertebrates
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1. (noun) tarsier
see Tarsius
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