Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

northern greater galago

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: north-ern -greater -gala-go
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Otolemur garnettii, a nocturnal, arboreal primate endemic to eastern Africa.

Example Sentences

"Otolemur garnettii (Northern Greater Galago), from eastern Africa, is similar to O. crassicaudatus but is rather smaller, shorter-eared, more greyish-toned and has a face that is not pale."
"Most species^([of bushbabies]) are arboreal but the Northern Greater Galago, Otolemur garnettii, and the Brown Greater Galago, O. crassicaudatus, also spend time on the ground."
"A comparison of these two duplications was performed in 13 primate species including six species of apes, four Old World monkey species, two New World monkey species, and one species of strepsirhine, the northern greater galago (Otolemur garnettii)."

Inflected Forms

northern greater galagos (plural)

Synonyms

Garnett's galago small-eared galago

Questions

What does northern greater galago mean?: Otolemur garnettii, a nocturnal, arboreal primate endemic to eastern Africa.

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