AYE-AYE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs

Synonyms:

aye-aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("aye-aye" is a kind of...):

lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)

Holonyms ("aye-aye" is a member of...):

Daubentonia; genus Daubentonia (type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae)

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