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  • noun Plural form of aye-aye.

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Examples

  • Tonight, we're in the mountains and rainforests of the east coast, home to bug-munching plants, aye-ayes and the recently discovered golden bamboo lemur, capable of consuming 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide in a single meal.

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  • With glowing eyes, bizarre fingers, and nocturnal habits, aye-ayes are considered bad omens by local villagers, who persecute these rare creatures.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • But aye-ayes are gentle lemurs that use their long, crooked fingers to extract grubs from under tree bark.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • But aye-ayes are gentle lemurs that use their long, crooked fingers to extract grubs from under tree bark.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • With glowing eyes, bizarre fingers, and nocturnal habits, aye-ayes are considered bad omens by local villagers, who persecute these rare creatures.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • With glowing eyes, bizarre fingers, and nocturnal habits, aye-ayes are considered bad omens by local villagers, who persecute these rare creatures.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • With glowing eyes, bizarre fingers, and nocturnal habits, aye-ayes are considered bad omens by local villagers, who persecute these rare creatures.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • But aye-ayes are gentle lemurs that use their long, crooked fingers to extract grubs from under tree bark.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • But aye-ayes are gentle lemurs that use their long, crooked fingers to extract grubs from under tree bark.

    ZooBorns Andrew Bleiman 2010

  • The aye-ayes have it: The preservation of color vision in a creature of the night

    September 5th, 2007 2007

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