| 单词 | night-ape |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnight-ape night-ape n. [in sense A. 4a(b) after Afrikaans nagapie nagapie n.] (a) = night monkey n.; (b) South African = bush-baby n. at bush n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > family Cebidae > genus Aotus (night-monkey) douroucouli1821 night-ape1863 owl-faced monkey1863 night monkey1877 owl monkey1877 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. v. 315 A third interesting genus of monkeys, found near Ega, are the Nyctipitheci, or night-apes. 1895 A. B. Balfour 1200 Miles in Waggon 87 This morning I saw two fascinating little creatures in a tree, like lemurs or small monkeys... They are popularly called ‘Night-Apes’. 1959 C. Lagus Operation Noah 175 Also known as Bushbabies and Nightapes, Galagos are delightful little lemur-like animals. 1988 P. O'Brian Let. of Marque ix. 282 They spoke at some length about the night-ape, the capybara, the bearded marmoset. < as lemmas |
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