Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VA'RI, n.

In zoology, the Prosimia catta, a quadrumanous mammal, the ring-tailed lemur, a quadruped, having its tail marked with rings of black and white; a native of Madagascar. The vari of Buffon is the black maucauco, Prosimia nigra, with the neck bearded like a ruff. – Cyc. Ed. Encyc.