Aye-aye

//ˈaɪˌaɪ//

Synonyms for "aye-aye" (5 found)

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Translations

61 translations across 48 languages.

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Arabic

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  • آيْآي noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Armenian

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  • այ-այ noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Azerbaijani

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  • əlayaqlılar noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Basque

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  • aie-aie noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Bulgarian

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  • ай-а́й noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Catalan

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  • ai-ai noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 指猴 noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Czech

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  • ksukol ocasatý noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Danish

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  • aye aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Dutch

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  • vingerdier noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Esperanto

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  • fingrobesto noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Estonian

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  • aie noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Finnish

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  • ai-ai noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • sormieläin noun (nocturnal quadruped)

French

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  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Galician

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  • aie aie noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Georgian

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  • ხელფეხა noun (nocturnal quadruped)

German

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  • Aye-Aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • Fingertier noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Greek

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  • άι-άι noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Hebrew

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  • איי איי noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Hungarian

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  • aje-aje noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • véznaujjú maki noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Indonesian

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  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Irish

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  • aidhe-aidhe noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Italian

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  • aié-aié noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • chiromio noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Japanese

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  • アイアイ noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • 指猿 noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Kazakh

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  • ай-ай noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Korean

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  • 아이아이 noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Latvian

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  • slaidpirkstainis noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Lithuanian

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  • laibapirštiniai noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • laibapirštis noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Malagasy

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  • aiay noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Malayalam

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  • അയ്-അയ് noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Marathi

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  • आय-आय noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Navajo

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  • bílaneezii noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Norwegian

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  • fingerdyr noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Persian

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  • آی-آی noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Polish

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  • palczak noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • palczak madagaskarski noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Portuguese

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  • aie-aie noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Punjabi

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  • آئی-آئی noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • ਆਏ-ਆਏ noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Romanian

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  • ai noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Russian

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  • ай-а́й noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • руконо́жка noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Scots

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  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • aj-aj noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)
  • madagaskarski prstaš noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Swedish

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  • fingerdjur noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Thai

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  • อาย-อาย noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Turkish

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  • ay-ay noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Udmurt

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  • ай-ай noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Ukrainian

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  • ай-а́й noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Uzbek

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  • aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Vietnamese

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  • khỉ aye-aye noun (nocturnal quadruped)

Sample sentences

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The other of these aberrant forms is the cheiromys, or aye-aye, which, from the peculiar form of its two lower front teeth, has been ranged with the Rodentia. In the general character, however, it is essentially a lemur; […]

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Of the other members of this group, the Aye Aye (Cheiromys), the Tarsier (Tarsius), the Propithecus, the Indri (Lichanotus), and the Cheirogaleus, are desiderata of which we can only hope to become possessed by the future exertions of zoologists who may obtain access to the countries in which they live.

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Refer the following to their respective orders and families:—anteater, ayeaye, canary, cinchilla, dodo, flamingo, flying fox, giraffe, hornbill, lyre bird, mole, paradise bird, porpoise, swift, walrus.

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The true position of that very rare animal the Aye-aye, seems very doubtful, some naturalists placing it in the position which it occupies in this work, and others, such as [Jan] [v]an der Hoeven, considering it to form a link between the monkeys and the rodent animals. […] It is probable that the natural food of the Aye-aye, like that of the preceding animals, is of a mixed character, and that it eats fruit and insects indiscriminately. In captivity it usually fed on boiled rice, which it picked up in minute portions, like Amine in the "Arabian Nights," using, however, its slender fingers in lieu of the celebrated bodkin with which she made her mock meal.

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