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Answer for the clue "Nocturnal African primate ", 6 letters:
galago

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

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 ]

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 .

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.)

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.