tarsier
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from French tarsier, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”)
Noun edit
tarsier
- Used attributively as a specific epithet
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English edit
Etymology edit
From French tarsier, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).
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Noun edit
tarsier (plural tarsiers)
- An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
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insectivorous primate
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See also edit
- Tarsius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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French edit
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tarsier m (plural tarsiers)
Further reading edit
- “tarsier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.