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Nocturnal African primate
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galago
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus ''Galago'', with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. (from 19th c.)
Wikipedia
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Galagos , also known as bushbabies , bush babies , or nagapies (meaning "little night monkeys" in Afrikaans ), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa , and make up the family Galagidae (also sometimes called Galagonidae ). They are sometimes ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bush baby \bush baby\, bushbaby \bush"ba*by\(b[.u]sh"b[=a]*b[y^]), n. 1. any of several agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus Galago with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; -- called also galago .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears [syn: bushbaby , bush baby ]
Usage examples of galago.
This peculiarity admirably fits the galago for the life it leads, as it spends a great part of its time in leaping on the boughs of trees.