galago

3 definitions found

galago - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Galago \Ga*la"go\, n.; pl. Galagos. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about
           the size of a cat; the mouse galago (G. murinus)is
           about the size of a mouse. Galanga

  bush baby \bush baby\, bushbaby
  \bush"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]

galago - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  galago
      n 1: agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly
           fur and large eyes and ears [syn: galago, bushbaby,
           bush baby]