Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gale-opithecus \Ga`le-o*pi*the"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a weasel
   + ? an ape.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs.
   See {Colugo}.