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PRONUNCIATION OF BUSHBABY

bushbaby  [ˈbʊʃˌbeɪbɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUSHBABY

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Bushbaby is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUSHBABY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bushbaby

Galago

Galagos /ɡəˈleɪɡoʊz/, also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies, are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae. They are sometimes included as a subfamily within the Lorisidae or Loridae. According to some accounts, the name "bush baby" comes from either the animal's cries or its appearance. The South African name nagapie comes from the fact that they are almost exclusively seen at night. Galagos are said to have evolved 40–50 million years ago from slow-moving prosimians that could not compete with larger, faster primates in Africa. The competition was much less at night, so they evolved into the bush babies they are today. In both variety and abundance, the bush babies are the most successful primitive primates in Africa, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.

Definition of bushbaby in the English dictionary

The definition of bushbaby in the dictionary is any agile nocturnal arboreal prosimian primate of the genera Galago and Euoticus, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara: family Lorisidae. They have large eyes and ears and a long tail Also called: galago.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUSHBABY


Achebe
əˈtʃeɪbɪ
baby
ˈbeɪbɪ
crybaby
ˈkraɪˌbeɪbɪ
gaby
ˈɡeɪbɪ
grandbaby
ˈɡrændˌbeɪbɪ
Libby
ˈlɪbɪ
oribi
ˈɒrɪbɪ
ribby
ˈrɪbɪ
sybo
ˈsəɪbɪ
syboe
ˈsəɪbɪ
sybow
ˈsəɪbɪ
vibey
ˈvaɪbɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUSHBABY

bush telegraph
bush tram
bush tucker
bush wren
bush-bash
bush-hawk
bush-league
bush-line
bush-sick
bushbabies
bushbashing
bushbok
bushboks
bushbuck
bushcraft
bushed
Bushehr
bushel
busheler
bushelled

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUSHBABY

Band-Aid baby
be left holding the baby
blue baby
boom baby
designer baby
jelly baby
like taking candy from a baby
Plunket baby
rhesus baby
snowflake baby
tar baby
test-tube baby
thalidomide baby
war baby

Synonyms and antonyms of bushbaby in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bushbaby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUSHBABY

Find out the translation of bushbaby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bushbaby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bushbaby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bushbaby
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bushbaby
570 millions of speakers

English

bushbaby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bushbaby
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بوشبابي الجمال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Bushbaby
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bushbaby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bushbaby
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

galago
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bushbaby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bushbaby
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bushbaby
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bushbaby
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bushbaby
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bushbaby
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bushbaby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुशबॅबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalı bebek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bushbaby
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bushbaby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Bushbaby
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bushbaby
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bushbaby
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nagapie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öronmaki
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bushbaby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bushbaby

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSHBABY»

The term «bushbaby» is regularly used and occupies the 97.535 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUSHBABY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bushbaby

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUSHBABY»

Discover the use of bushbaby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bushbaby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bushbaby
In his search for juicy figs, he meets colobus monkeys, a enet, a mangrove heron, and a monitor lizard. This story introduces children to the Bushbaby and other unusual tropical animals.
Adrienne Kennaway, 1998
2
Bushbaby Night
Describes the behavior and habits of bushbabies at night, including searching for fruit, scanning for enemies, and grooming their coats.
Jeremy Grimsdell, 2006
3
Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
Bushbaby. (Galago zanzibaricus) IUCN: Lower risk Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Lorisidae Subfamily: Galagoides Weight: 3.5-10.5 oz. Length: 13-15.5 in. Diet: Mostly insects, some fruit Gestation period: 120 days Longevity: 14 ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2001
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Brown bear - cheetah
A bushbaby's huge ears are batlike in their mobility and sensitivity. They enable it to locate predators and prey in conditions of poor visibility, such as dense forest undergrowth. BUSHBABY Bushbabies are nocturnal and hunt by sight, so need ...
‎2002
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Primate Adaptation and Evolution: 3rd Edn
TABLE 4.7 Infraorder LORISIFORMES Family GALAGIDAE Common name Cross River Allen's bushbaby Bioko Allen's bushbaby Gabon Allen's bushbaby Kenya coast dwarf galago Demidoff's dwarf galago Mozambique dwarf galago ...
John G. Fleagle, 2013
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Signs of the Wild
Thick-tailed. Bushbaby. Otolemur. crassicaudatus. Afrikaans: Bosnagaap Shona: Chimhavira Ndebele: Impukunyoni Zulu: Sinkwe Shangaan: Xidweta DESCRIPTION OVERALL LENGTH: 60-80 cm MASS: 1 , 1 kg GESTATION: 1 23- 1 36 days; ...
Clive Walker, 1996
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Mammals
Galago Primates - Loridae e Galagos; Bushbabies; Lesser Galagos; Lesser Bushbabies d Galagos; Ohrenmakis; Buschbabys f Galagos i Galagoni 2372 Galago alleni Primates - Loridae e Allen's Bushbaby; Allen's Galago; Allen's Squirrel ...
Murray Wrobel, 2006
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
P93 (Zoology)] BT Galagos NT Northern lesser bushbaby Galago acaciarum USE Northern lesser bushbaby Galago albipes USE Northern lesser bushbaby Galago braccatus USE Northern lesser bushbaby Galago calago USE Northern ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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The Complete Book of Southern African Mammals
SOCIAL SYSTEM Very similar to the thick-tailed bushbaby except that all adult males in. oid direct contact The lesser bushbaby is a solitary forager but companions do meet at night, and they congregate to deep in groups of up to fi during the ...
M. G. L. Mills, Lex Hes, 1997
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South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland
PHOTO BY LU KE HUNTER PRIMATES BUSHBABIES GREATER BUSHBABY Otolemur crassicaudatus (pictured); lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi Named for their plaintive wailing call, bushbabies are actually primitive primates. They have  ...
Kate Armstrong, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUSHBABY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bushbaby is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Distributed Brainpower of Social Insects
The smallest one on the far left represents the brain of a bushbaby, a small primate that lives on its own. The next one is the brain of a colobus ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
2
18 Pigs Who Are Too Adorable To Be Real
Caitlin Jill Anders Caitlin is an Associate Writer for The Dodo. Her favorite animals are a bushbaby and her pug Lucy. We encourage all readers ... «The Dodo, Jun 15»
3
Healing With the Help of Friendship: 2 Rescued Orphan Primates …
Cashew is a young bushbaby and Laila is a young vervet monkey. Cashew was sadly abandoned by his mother when he was too young to ... «One Green Planet, May 15»
4
Top 10 Travel Destinations In Eastern Nigeria
... buffalo, elephants, bushbaby, the putty nosed guenon, horn bills, red river hog, white-throated monkey, and the mona monkey among others. «Nigerian Bulletin, May 15»
5
One&Only Resorts' holiday competition winners named
They were: Azure Collection's Jessica Jones; Travel 2's Samantha Morrison; Bushbaby Travel's Abigail Shaw; Africa Collection's Jemma Storey ... «TTG Digital, Apr 15»
6
Student a birdbrain — in a good way
... Belair not only took care of the animals but also traveled with them, including a visit to NBC's “Today Show” with an armadillo and bushbaby. «Pueblo Chieftain, Apr 15»
7
Researchers observe female chimps making spears
... and her colleagues told Discovery News that they watched as one of the chimps would sneak up on a bushbaby, then stab it to death as the ... «Raw Story, Apr 15»
8
Female Chimps More Likely Than Males to Hunt With Tools
The apes then use the tools to stab their favored prey, a sleeping bushbaby, injuring their victim enough to then bite and kill it relatively easily. «Smithsonian, Apr 15»
9
Study of hibernating lemurs could provide clues to longevity in people
The study of small primates – three species of lemur plus a species of bushbaby – found a correlation between hibernation and both longevity ... «News & Observer, Apr 15»
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Princeton graduate students, postdoc on a mission of learning and …
... wails of a bushbaby in the middle of the night, and no more life-affirming an experience than trying to outrun an elephant in your field vehicle. «Princeton University, Feb 15»

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