Indri

Likely from Malagasy endira; see here for more.

Indri m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Indriidae – the indri, a large lemur.

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Strepsirrhini - suborder; Lemuriformes - infraorder; Lemuroidea - superfamily; Indriidae - family

• Indri indri — sole species

• Indri on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Indri on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Indri on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Indri in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.

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Indri m (strong, genitive Indris, plural Indris)

1. indri (a large lemur, (Indri indri))

• “Indri” in Duden online

Borrowed from Sicilian Andrìa, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). It being an early borrowing, the initial vowel underwent regular imala. Otherwise one would expect Indrija. It may be conjectured that the -a was deleted in order to avoid the feminine-sounding ending and the stress then shifted to the first syllable according to the stress system of older Maltese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.drɪ/

Indri m

1. (also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Andrew