'Tarsier' definitions:
Definition of 'tarsier'
(from WordNet)
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
Definition of 'Tarsier'
From: GCIDE
- Tarsier \Tar"si*er\, n. [Cf. F. tarsier.] See Tarsius. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tarsier'
From: GCIDE
- Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See Tarsus.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]