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Meaning of TARSIER

Pronunciation:  'târseeur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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
 
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 See Also: genus Tarsius, primate, Tarsius, Tarsius glis, Tarsius syrichta

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.]
See {Tarsius}.
 
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