tarsius

English Thesaurus

1. type and sole genus of the family Tarsiidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal genus,
definition	:	a genus of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	tarsier,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family tarsiidae, tarsiidae,
definition	:	coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers (noun.animal)