[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tarsier \tar"sier\, n. cf. f. tarsier.
   see tarsius.
   1913 webster
see also:
tarsius 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tarsius \tar"sius\, n. nl. see tarsus. zool.
   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.
   1913 webster
see also:
tarsus malmag spectral lemur podji tarsier 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tarsier
     n : 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

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