Night-ape

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of night monkey.
  2. 2
    Synonym of bushbaby. South-Africa

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bushbabynight monkey

Etymology

From night + ape. South African usage likely a calque of Afrikaans nagapie (literally “little night-ape, night-monkey”). Compare Afrikaans nagaap (“loris”, literally “night-ape”).

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