bush baby

bush ba·by

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo sh bey-bee]
- /bʊʃ ˈbeɪ bi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [boo sh bey-bee]
- /bʊʃ ˈbeɪ bi/

Definitions of bush baby words

noun bush baby any of a family (Galagidae) of nocturnal prosimian primates of tropical African forests, with a long, bushy tail and large eyes 3
noun bush baby any of several nocturnal, lemurlike primates of the genus Galago, native to African forests, with large ears and eyes, long and slender fingers and toes, thick woolly fur, and a large, bushy tail. 1

See all 2 definitions of bush baby

Information block about the term

Origin of bush baby

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Bush baby

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bush baby

bush baby popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 55% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

bush baby usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer