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Definition of aye-aye in English: aye-ayenoun ˈʌɪʌɪˈaɪaɪ A rare nocturnal Madagascan primate related to the lemurs. It has incisor teeth like those of a rodent and an elongated finger on each hand with which it prises insects from bark. Daubentonia madagascariensis, the only member of the family Daubentoniidae Example sentencesExamples - So do wombats, hyraxes, aye-ayes, and lagomorphs, to give a few examples chosen from modern mammals.
- They open a hole with their rodent-like incisors and extract their prey with their elongated fourth finger and long tongue - a manner of foraging very much like the primates, aye-ayes.
- You'll see some of the island's wildlife - indri, aye-aye, and sifaka to name a few - and gain a deep understanding of their place in one of the world's most unique ecosystems.
- The fact that humans have a large frontal cortex doesn't necessarily mean that they are special; relatively large frontal lobes have developed independently in aye-ayes among the lemurs and spider monkeys among the New World monkeys.
- Fossils suggest that lemurs, bush babies, lorises, aye-ayes, and their relatives (the prosimians) split off from the ancestors of monkeys and apes around 55 million years ago.
Origin Late 18th century: from French, from Malagasy aiay. Definition of aye-aye in US English: aye-ayenounˈīīˈaɪaɪ A rare nocturnal Madagascan primate related to the lemurs. It has incisor teeth like thoe of a rodent and an elongated finger on each hand with which it pries insects from bark. Daubentonia madagascariensis, the only member of the family Daubentoniidae Example sentencesExamples - Fossils suggest that lemurs, bush babies, lorises, aye-ayes, and their relatives (the prosimians) split off from the ancestors of monkeys and apes around 55 million years ago.
- So do wombats, hyraxes, aye-ayes, and lagomorphs, to give a few examples chosen from modern mammals.
- They open a hole with their rodent-like incisors and extract their prey with their elongated fourth finger and long tongue - a manner of foraging very much like the primates, aye-ayes.
- You'll see some of the island's wildlife - indri, aye-aye, and sifaka to name a few - and gain a deep understanding of their place in one of the world's most unique ecosystems.
- The fact that humans have a large frontal cortex doesn't necessarily mean that they are special; relatively large frontal lobes have developed independently in aye-ayes among the lemurs and spider monkeys among the New World monkeys.
Origin Late 18th century: from French, from Malagasy aiay. |