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Galago

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ga⋅la⋅go

[guh-ley-goh, -lah-]
–noun, plural -gos.
bush baby.

Origin:
< NL: the genus name, of uncert. orig.

bush baby

–noun
any of several nocturnal, lemurlike primates of the genus Galago, native to African forests, with large ears and eyes, long and slender fingers and toes, thick woolly fur, and a large, bushy tail.
Also called galago.


Origin:
1900–05
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bush baby  
n.  Any of several small, nocturnal African primates of the genera Galago and Euoticus, having dense, woolly fur, large round eyes, prominent ears, and a long tail. Also called galago.
ga·la·go   (gə-lā'gō, -lä'-)   
n.   pl. ga·la·gos
See bush baby.

[New Latin Galago, genus name, perhaps from Wolof golo, monkey.]
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