Crossword clues for tarsier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See Tarsus.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier.
Wiktionary
n. An insectivorous primate of the ''Tarsiidae'' family, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
WordNet
n. 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
Wikipedia
Tarsiers are haplorrhine primates of the family Tarsiidae, which is itself the lone extant family within the infraorder Tarsiiformes. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of Southeast Asia.
Usage examples of "tarsier".
Higher up, clinging to the branches of a tree, was a small tarsier with its round shiny eyes staring down at her.
To the right and to the left, beetles quarreled in the underbrush, while high above among the jackfruit trees, tarsiers grabbed bats out of the air.
In the mirror a huge-eyed creature gazed at Janie, like a tarsier or one of the owlish caligo moths.
Before opening the packet Stephen gave Raffles a succinct account of Kumai, that other Eden, its orang-utangs, its tarsiers, its tree-shrews.
Nocturnal, to judge by their eyes, probably simian, although more like tarsiers than apes.
In the lower branches of the “ground zone” may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man.