Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Indrisinæ, having 30 teeth, a rudimentary tail, long hind limbs, prehensile paws, a short snout, and a woolly coat. Geoffroy St. Hilaire. See
indri . Also calledLichanotus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any lemurine animal of the genus Indris.
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- noun Plural form of
indri .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn
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Examples
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The first episode of the BBC series Cousins (presented by Charlotte Uhlenbroek) was shown: devoted to strepsirrhines, it included some great footage of aye-ayes, indris and sifakas.
Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Lemurs, especially indris, have been associated with very strong taboos that traditionally ensured that the primates were not hunted.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Maybe he could try the AFL, they have plenty of cash for NRL traitors according to 2days sunday telegraph will chambers will look good in a blue n white jersey to replace over payed indris and also mail is wolfman dave willams may join the club and ricky stuard and noody will fix up issuses that they had a few years back looking good lets hope theses announcements are a dune deal
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Demes and colleagues were quoting J.J. Petter's 1962 article in which Petter noted of indris* that "Pendant le saut leur corps est parfaitement horizontal et ils semblent planer".
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The cry is known as a spacing call, a warning to other indris to keep their distance, to prevent competition for food.
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"When I was a little boy, I walked in this forest, and 100 meters from my house you could hear the indris calling and hear birds singing," he says.
unknown title 2009
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Demes and colleagues were quoting J.J. Petter’s 1962 article in which Petter noted of indris* that ‘Pendant le saut leur corps est parfaitement horizontal et ils semblent planer’.
Literally, flying lemurs (and not dermopterans) Darren Naish 2006
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Demes and colleagues were quoting J.J. Petter’s 1962 article in which Petter noted of indris* that ‘Pendant le saut leur corps est parfaitement horizontal et ils semblent planer’.
Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006
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if you penrith panthers dont want him ill have him even drunk in my doggies team we have the cash with indris going please gus sack him and ill give greeberge a call with the cheque book ready what an idiot...must be brain dead.i was keen to watch him play in a bit more space at fullback tonight. oh well....tigers by plenty now
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