galagoとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Scientific Latin / translingual Galago (as a genus name), probably from Wolof golo (“monkey”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/

名詞

galago (複数形 galagos または galagoes)

1. Any of several species of small, nocturnal and arboreal African primates, of the genus Galago, with a catlike head and very large, translucent eyes. [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 146:

     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.

同意語

• bushbaby, bush baby