galago
nounUK /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/
Etymology Scientific Latin / translingual Galago (as a genus name), probably from Wolof golo (“monkey”).
1
Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the family Galagidae, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes.
- 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.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 146:
- Derived terms
- greater galago, northern greater galago, small-eared galago
- Related terms
- Galagidae