n.
Pronunciation: ' tär-s ē - ə r, -s ē - ˌ ā
Function: 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