Tarsiped

sb. (a.) Zool. [ad. Zool. L. generic name Tarsipēs, ped-em, f. L. TARSUS + pēs, ped- foot.] A small marsupial mammal, Tarsipes rostratus, the tait of West Australia. b. adj. Of or belonging to the family Tarsipedidæ, of which this animal is the type. So Tarsipedid, -ine, -oid adjs., belonging to the family Tarsipedidæ.