Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tarsius"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Tarsius
n : type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae [syn: {Tarsius},
{genus Tarsius}]
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