Meanings
nountarsier (plural tarsiers)
plural tarsiers
- An insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
Synonyms: tarsiid
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn insectivorous primate of the family Tarsiidae, having very large eyes and long feet, native mainly to several islands of Southeast Asia.
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Origin
- Ancient Greekτᾰρσός (tărsós)
- Latintarsu
- Frenchtarse
- Frenchtarsier
- Englishtarsier
From French tarsier, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).
More words from French, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَارْسِير
- تَارْسِير (tarsīr)insectivorous primate
Bulgarian дългопе́т
- дългопе́т (dălgopét)insectivorous primate
Catalan tarser
- tarserinsectivorous primate
Chinese Mandarin 眼鏡猴 /眼镜猴
- 眼鏡猴 /眼镜猴 (yǎnjìnghóu)insectivorous primate
Czech nártoun
- nártouninsectivorous primate
Danish spøgelsesabe
- spøgelsesabeinsectivorous primate
Dutch spookdier
- spookdierinsectivorous primate
Finnish kummituseläin
- kummituseläininsectivorous primate
French tarsier
- tarsierinsectivorous primate
German Koboldmaki
- Koboldmakiinsectivorous primate
Hebrew קוֹפִיף
- קוֹפִיףinsectivorous primate
Hungarian koboldmaki
- koboldmakiinsectivorous primate
Indonesian tarsius
- tarsiusinsectivorous primate
Italian tarsio
- tarsioinsectivorous primate
Japanese メガネザル, 眼鏡猿
- メガネザル (meganezaru)insectivorous primate
- 眼鏡猿 (meganezaru)insectivorous primate
Korean 안경원숭이
- 안경원숭이 (an'gyeong'wonsung'i)insectivorous primate
Lithuanian ilgakulnis
- ilgakulnisinsectivorous primate
Malay kera hantu
- kera hantuinsectivorous primate
Norwegian spøkelsesaper
- spøkelsesaperinsectivorous primate
Polish wyrak, tarsjusz
- wyrakinsectivorous primate
- tarsjuszinsectivorous primate
Portuguese társio
- társioinsectivorous primate
Russian долгопя́т
- долгопя́т (dolgopját)insectivorous primate
Spanish tarsero, tarsio
- tarseroinsectivorous primate
- tarsioinsectivorous primate
Swedish spökdjur, vristdjur
- spökdjurinsectivorous primate
- vristdjurinsectivorous primate
Tagalog malmag, mamag
- malmaginsectivorous primate
- mamaginsectivorous primate
Thai ทาร์เซียร์
- ทาร์เซียร์ (taa-siia)insectivorous primate
Turkish tarsiyer
- tarsiyerinsectivorous primate
Ukrainian довгоп'я́т
- довгоп'я́т (dovhopʺját)insectivorous primate
Vietnamese phủ hầu
- phủ hầuinsectivorous primate
Cite this entry
APA
tarsier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsier
MLA
“tarsier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tarsier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tarsier.
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