‖n., pl. of Tarsus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ It. ] A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tarsier. ] See Tarsius. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Tarsus. ] (Zool.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier. [ 1913 Webster ]