bush baby

  • 1bush baby — ush baby, bushbaby ush ba*by(b[.u]sh b[=a]*b[y^]), n. 1. any of several agile long tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus {Galago} with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; called also {galago}. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2bush baby — bush ,baby noun count a small African animal that lives in trees. It has a long tail and very large eyes and ears …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3bush baby — n. any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes …

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  • 4bush baby — any of several nocturnal, lemurlike primates of the genus Galago, native to African forests, with large ears and eyes, long and slender fingers and toes, thick woolly fur, and a large, bushy tail. Also called galago. [1900 05] * * * ▪ primate… …

    Universalium

  • 5bush baby — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bush baby : singular bush baby plural bush babies a small African animal that lives in trees. It has a long tail and very large eyes and ears …

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  • 6bush baby — bush′ ba by n. mam any of several prosimian primates of the genus Galago, of African forests, with large eyes and ears, woolly fur, and a bushy tail Also called galago • Etymology: 1900–05 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 7The Bush Baby — Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands 大草原の小さな天使 ブッシュベイビー (Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Bush Baby) Жанр приклю …

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  • 8bush baby — noun Date: 1901 any of several small nocturnal arboreal African primates (Galago and related genera of the family Lorisidae) with large eyes, long ears, a long tail, and elongated hind limbs that enable them to leap with great agility called also …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9bush baby — noun (C) a small African animal that lives in trees and has large eyes and ears, and a long tail …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10bush baby — noun agile long tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears • Syn: ↑galago, ↑bushbaby • Hypernyms: ↑lemur • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Galago …

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