AYE-AYE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aye-aye mean? 

• AYE-AYE (noun)
  The noun AYE-AYE has 1 sense:

1. nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs

  Familiarity information: AYE-AYE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AYE-AYE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aye-aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis

Hypernyms ("aye-aye" is a kind of...):

lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)

Holonyms ("aye-aye" is a member of...):

Daubentonia; genus Daubentonia (type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae)