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Webster 1913 Edition
Tarsius
‖
Tar′si-us
,Noun.
[NL. See
Tarsus
.] (Zool.)
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
.