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AYE-AYE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs
Synonyms:
aye-aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aye-aye" is a kind of...):
lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)
Holonyms ("aye-aye" is a member of...):
Daubentonia; genus Daubentonia (type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae)