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TARSIUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae
Synonyms:
genus Tarsius; Tarsius
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tarsius" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tarsius"):
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)
Holonyms ("Tarsius" is a member of...):
family Tarsiidae; Tarsiidae (coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers)
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