Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.

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

Origin

From bush + baby.

From bush + baby.

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Forms

plural: bushbabies

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears:galagobush baby

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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