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单词 indri
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indrin.

Brit. /ˈɪndri/, U.S. /ˈɪndri/
Forms: Also indris.
Etymology: An erroneous application of the Malagasy exclamation indry! ‘lo! behold!’, or indry izy! ‘there he is!’, mistaken by the French naturalist Sonnerat for the name of the animal, when first seen by him c1780: the only Malagasy name is babakoto . See quot. 1893.
A name given to the babacoote n. a lemurine animal of Madagascar (Indris or Lichanotus brevicaudatus), living in trees, with soft woolly hair, very long hind legs and very short tail.
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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] > member of suborder Prosimii (lemurs, etc.) > family Indriidae > genus Indri (indri)
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1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 461/2 The Indris are inhabitants of Madagascar.
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 72 In that remarkable lemurine form, the Indri (Lichanotus), the leg is about as long as the spinal column, while the arm is not more than 11/ 18 of its length.
1890 Daily News 5 Jan. 2/6 The avahi is still more nearly related to the indri, of which there is not a specimen in the Zoo.
1893 J. Sibree in Antananarivo Ann. V. 83 Their native name is Bàbakòto, literally ‘father-child’ (or ‘-boy’), not Indri, as said by Sonnerat, who discovered the species.
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