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单词 nagapie
释义

nagapien.

Brit. /ˈnaxɑːpi/, /ˈnakɑːpi/, U.S. /ˈnɑkɑˌpi/, /ˈnɑxɑˌpi/, South African English /ˈnʌxɑːpi/
Forms: 1800s– nagaapie (now rare), 1900s– nagaap (rare), 1900s– nagapie.
Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans nagapie.
Etymology: < Afrikaans nagapie bushbaby (earlier South African Dutch nachtaapje ), lit. ‘night ape’ < Dutch nacht (see night n.) + aapje little monkey ( < aap ape n. + -je , diminutive suffix). Compare night-ape n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4.
South African.
Any of various bushbabies found in South Africa, esp. Otolemur crassicaudatus and Galago moholi.
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1835 A. Smith Diary (1940) II. 160 Galago maholi is the Bush Baby or nag-aapie.
1933 J. Juta Look out for Ostriches 46 I knew immediately those eyes belonged to only one creature, the shy, mysterious little nagaapie.
1947 H. C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Cask of Jerepigo (1972) 188 The various other members of the simian race (including that wonderful little creature, the nagapie), have always fascinated me.
1984 S. Afr. Panorama Nov. 15 (caption) Like a cuddly Walt Disney creation, is this wide-eyed nagapie (night ape), closely related to the large bushbaby.
1991 Weekend Post (Port Elizabeth) 5 Jan. 3 (caption) It's watermelon time again. Ronel Louw..shares the delicious pink fruit with her pet nagapie (also known as a night-ape or owl monkey).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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