Angwantibo

/æŋɡwɑːnˈtiːboʊ/ noun

A small, slow-moving primate from West Africa that looks like a tiny loris with a round body and small limbs.

From Twi and Fante languages of Ghana, where 'angwan' relates to this specific animal. The word entered English zoological terminology in the 19th century through naturalists studying West African fauna.

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