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Definition of Galago
1. Noun. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
Definition of Galago
1. n. A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Definition of Galago
1. Noun. A small, nocturnal and arboreal African lemur-like primate, (family ''Galagidae'', genus ''Galago'') with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. ¹
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Definition of Galago
1. a small primate [n -GOS]
Medical Definition of Galago
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Origin: Native name.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galago
Literary usage of Galago
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"The middling one the size of a Rat (galago ... 1.—The small one a little less,
Brown, 111. 44.—Compare also the galago ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1867)
"X. SMITH, MD (Specimens were exhibited). 1. galago ... Two specimens of this
galago were exhibited, one of them being in very fine preservation. ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1859)
"On the Genus galago, with description of an apparently New Species (galago Murinus)
from ... The two species nearest to it are the Madagascar species galago ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1862)
"... with a Description of the Brain of a galago." By WILLIAM H. FLOWER,
Esq., Demonstrator of Anatomy at the Middlesex Hospital. Communicated by Dr. SHARPEY ..."
5. Catalogue of the Bones of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum by Edward Gerrard (1862)
"S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. The SENEGAL galago. galago ... From the
Zoological Society's Collection. galago murinus. Murray, Edinb. Phil. ..."
6. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"... common kind of structure, which becomes differently modified in different
situations; in other words, they are serial homologues. 0 h SPINE OF galago ..."
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