galago

See also: Galago and gálago

English

galago

Etymology

Scientific Latin Galago (as a genus name), probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Wolof golo (“monkey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/

Noun

galago (plural galagos or galagoes)

1. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus Galago, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 146:

     From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.

Synonyms

• bushbaby, bush baby

Translations

primate

• Chichewa: kamundi class 1a/2
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰猴／婴猴 (yīnghóu), 婴猴 (yīnghóu)

• Estonian: galaago (et)
• Finnish: galago (fi)
• German: Galago m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: galago
• Romanian: galago m
• Spanish: gálago m
• Swahili: komba (sw)

See also

• galago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Finnish

Noun

galago

1. galago