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Definition of Bush baby
1. Noun. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bush Baby
Literary usage of Bush baby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... la pygmaea (pygmy marmoset), and Galago senegalensis (lesser bush baby).
Evaluation of the reproductive potential of Saguinus nigricollis and S. ..."
2. More Wanderings in London by Edward Verrall Lucas (1916)
"It was not, for example, until on a quite recent visit that I made the acquaintance
in real life of the bush baby, although South African novelists had ..."
3. Letters from Muskoka by Emigrant lady (1878)
"... in less than an hour after being called, our first bush baby was born, a very
fine little girl Your sister Pe, who had been reading up for the occasion, ..."
4. Illustrated Official Handbook of the Cape and South Africa: A Résumé of the by John Noble (1896)
"It is known by the names of " nagt-apie " and " bush baby," and is often kept as
a pet. Quiet and sleepy during the day, this diminutive being becomes all ..."
5. Wild Game in Zambezia by Reginald Charles Fulke Maugham (1914)
"been not inappropriately named the " Bush- baby," by reason of the resemblance
of its cry to that of a newly-born infant feeling in need of the ..."
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