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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TARSIUS

Tar "si *us, n. Etym: [NL. See Tarsus. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.