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BUSHBABY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bushbaby mean? 

BUSHBABY (noun)
  The noun BUSHBABY has 1 sense:

1. agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and earsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BUSHBABY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bush baby; bushbaby; galago

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

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

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

genus Galago (bush babies)


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