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tarsier

tar·sier

UK/ˈtɑ(ɹ)si.ə(ɹ)/ US/ˈtaɹʃi.əɹ/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From French tarsier, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).

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