Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tait \Tait\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial
   ({Tarsipes rostratus}) about the size of a mouse. It has a
   long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds
   upon honey and insects. Called also {noolbenger}.