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bush baby

noun

Definition of BUSH BABY

:  any of several small nocturnal arboreal African primates (Galago and related genera of the family Lorisidae) with large eyes, long ears, a long tail, and elongated hind limbs that enable them to leap with great agility —called also galago
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First Known Use of BUSH BABY

1901

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