transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtär-sē-ər, -sē-ˌā ]
noun
Etymology: French, from tarse tarsus, from New Latin tarsus
Date: circa 1774
: any of a genus ( Tarsius of the family Tarsiidae) of small chiefly nocturnal and arboreal carnivorous primates of the Malay Archipelago that have large round eyes, long legs, and a long nearly hairless tail