bush baby

bush baby
bush 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. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • bush 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

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

  • bush 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

  • bush 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 …   English dictionary

  • bush 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

  • The 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 …   Википедия

  • bush 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

  • bush 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

  • bush 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • The Bush Baby — Infobox animanga/Header name = Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands caption = ja name = 大草原の小さな天使 ブッシュベイビー ja name trans = Daisougen no Chiisana Tenshi Busshubeibī genre = Adventure, DramaInfobox animanga/Anime title = director = Takayoshi… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”