galago

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈleɪɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪɡəʊ

galago (plural galagos or galagoes)

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 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 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.

• bushbaby
• bush baby
• galagid

• galago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Galagidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

From taxonomic name Galago.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlɑɡo/, [ˈɡɑ̝lɑ̝ɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑlɑɡo
• Syllabification^(key): ga‧la‧go
• Hyphenation^(key): ga‧la‧go

galago

1. galago

galago m (plural galagos)

1. galago

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• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈla.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡɔ
• Syllabification: ga‧la‧go

galago m animal (indeclinable)

1. galago, bushbaby (any primate of the genus Galago)

• galago in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• galago in PWN's encyclopedia