tarsier Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

WordNet


Tar"si*er noun
Etymology
Cf. F. tarsier.
Definitions
  1. See Tarsius.

Webster 1913