[tahr-see-er, -see-ey] 
| a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling. |
| tar·si·er (tär'sē-ər, -sē-ā') n. Any of several small nocturnal arboreal primates of the genus Tarsius, of the East Indies and the Philippines, having large round eyes, a long tail, and long fingers and toes tipped with soft disklike pads. [French, from tarse, tarsus (from its elongated ankles), from New Latin tarsus; see tarsus.] |
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