TARSIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tarsius mean? 

• TARSIUS (noun)
  The noun TARSIUS has 1 sense:

1. type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae

  Familiarity information: TARSIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARSIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tarsius; Tarsius

Hypernyms ("Tarsius" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Tarsius"):

tarsier (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)

Holonyms ("Tarsius" is a member of...):

family Tarsiidae; Tarsiidae (coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers)