avahi
|a-va-hi|
/əˈvɑːhi/
woolly lemur; (name) service-discovery
Etymology
'avahi' originates from Malagasy, specifically the word 'avahi', where it meant 'a woolly lemur'.
'avahi' was adopted into scientific Latin as the genus name 'Avahi' for a group of woolly lemurs; in modern usage the name has also been adopted as the name of software (the Avahi project) borrowing the genus name.
Initially, it meant 'a woolly lemur' in Malagasy; over time it became the scientific genus name 'Avahi' and more recently has been used as a project/name for network service-discovery software.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a genus of lemurs native to Madagascar, commonly called woolly lemurs.
An avahi sleeps in the canopy during the day and is active at night.
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Noun 2
the Avahi software project: an mDNS/DNS-SD (Zeroconf/Bonjour-like) implementation/daemon commonly used on Linux and other Unix-like systems for service discovery.
Avahi enables automatic service discovery on a local network without manual configuration.
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