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Tarsier Moderate

Origin: French suffix -ier

Tarsier has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
primate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Tarsius syrichta Tarsius glis
Rhyming Words
hier fier vier kier sier pier tier bier plier maier trier thier prier brier drier ozier feier osier frier grier
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